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Chapter 81

Amelia The impact jolts up my legs, but the pain barely registers against the shattering in my chest as I tilt my head. The six elders of the pack sit before me. Jason’s positioned at the extreme end of the mahogany table, and Conrad is sitting at the head of the table, his expression is a blank mask and hard to read.Portraits of past alphas and lunas hang on the walls, their stern eyes on me as if they’re all eager to witness my judgment. I gather myself, though I don’t try to stand. “What is this?”Jason rises to his feet and stalks towards me. He tosses a golden bracelet by my side. His eyes are red and swollen with grief and fury, and his jaw clenches so hard I’m afraid his teeth might break.“My parents loved you,” he says through gritted teeth, his voice cracks with devastation. “And this is how you pay them back.”I shake my head, my voice trembling as I speak. “I didn’t…I didn’t do anything.”Why would I?It’s true that my relationship with his parents had always been compli

Chapter 82

Amelia “You heard me right,” Conrad says. He clenches his fist, and a vein appears on his temple. He looks like he’ll rip apart anyone who dares to lay a finger on me. “All we have is evidence anyone could’ve easily planted. No one saw her doing anything. She was with me last night.”“Beta Conrad.” Simion rises to his feet and briskly walks towards us. He smells like cigar and musk. “The bracelet, the Blood Shade magic, her scent. All the signs point to her. Those are not evidence anyone could’ve easily planted.”My stomach drops into my knees because it does make sense. I’m the last of the Blood Shade. It’ll be close to impossible to prove myself with so much evidence pointing at me.“There’s more than enough evidence to have her locked away,” Simion says, sparing a cold, disgusted glare in my direction. “Before the alpha’s coronation, she must stay in the prison walls.”Jason steps forward. A sneer twists his mouth, but it barely masks the grief lurking beneath. I can tell he’s in

Chapter 83

ConradThe horn sounds, and the entire arena falls still.Stormy gray skies hang above the fortress and crackle with a force of energy that sounds louder than thunderclaps.The entire pack surrounds the circle, and hundreds of faces are painted with anticipation, grief, and hunger for a new alpha. The scent of dust, sweat, and wolf musk layers the air.It’s been two days since my brother and his luna were killed—a day since Amelia’s been locked up behind that prison wall. Jason stands across the circle in wolf form—black fur streaked with white, amber eyes burning with grief and hate.For a moment, all I see is the boy he used to be—cheerful and full of life—the one I trained before I left the pack years ago. He’s always been reckless and impulsive…but not strong enough. He hated training as much as studying, and with my absence, there was no one to force him into learning.And now look at us, uncle and nephew pitted against one another in the worst moment of his life.Every part of

Chapter 84

Conrad “There was a motive,” Simion snarls. “Her entire pack was slaughtered, and we were responsible for that. Jason and Selah’s betrayal put a bigger dent in her hatred for Silver Moon. She has never really been one of us. We know that. You know that. Do you think she wouldn’t want revenge? You think she really can’t use her blood magic?”“No, Simion…” I start to protest, but my voice fades. The elders push forward, their voices rising from the small circle in unison.“Execution, Conrad!”“It is blood for blood!”“She is a murderer!”I glance over my shoulder and find Amelia now on her knees, shaking with fear. Maybe she can see it in my eyes, my confidence and belief wavering. The case is a rat-trap. Whoever set her up made sure there’s no room for escape.“You protect her, and you lose everyone’s trust, Conrad,” Simion whispers. “The pack will burn, and everything will be destroyed. These wolves all have their trust in you. Think carefully about where your loyalty should lie.”My

Chapter 85

AmeliaPain.My body zaps with painful energy as those wicked voices re-echo in taunting unison, and I feel the burn before I understand the words.He rejected me.I don’t belong anywhere.It hits me like a hot, blistering shockwave as if every vein in my body has been filled with liquid fire. My knees buckle, and the world blurs. My own heartbeat frantically claws at my ribs, begging for a bond that’s suddenly gone.Gone.“No…no, Conrad.” My voice cracks. I’m not even sure how I’m still breathing. “Please…no. I didn’t do anything. I’m innocent. You know I’m innocent.”But he stands there, very still and silent without a tremor in his voice or a flicker of doubt in his gaze, only that cold, icy stare that slices through my heart more brutally than any blade could. The whole pack may not believe me. I didn’t care. But it matters to me that he does. It matters that Conrad believes in my innocence.He promised me. He swore he’d save me and that he trusted me. The memory of his words

Chapter 86

Amelia The soil beneath me is torn up, as if I were dragged here, thrown here, and left like trash in the deepest part of the forest alone. They wanted me gone and didn’t care that they left me to die.Conrad didn’t care.My throat tightens, heat stinging behind my eyes. I try to swallow the panic and the tears, but it rises anyway. I pull my knees to my chest for a moment, hugging myself because there’s no one else to hold me. The silence around me is too big, and it presses against my ribs.I whisper, my voice cracking on nothing but air. “Why am I⁠—”A twig snaps, and my heart stops.Another crack follows, and it is sharper this time. Then a low, throaty growl slithers between the trees. The scent hits next, and it smells like unwashed fur, blood, and something wild and strong.Banished wolves.“No, no, no, no.” The last thing I need now is rogues coming after me.I barely get to my feet before shadows erupt from the underbrush. First, three, and then it begins to multiply more

Chapter 87

Amelia“No one will ever love you, Amelia.”My eyes snap open, and a ragged breath escapes my lips before I can stop it. The nightmare clings to me like a second skin, and for a moment after I wake up. It’s so vivid that it’s hard to tell what is real and what is not.But reality slowly creeps in—first the ache in my chest, then the sharp sting beneath my ribs, and then the beeping machine. I’m still alive.I squint to block out the harsh overhead light as I take in the white that surrounds me, then gradually, my eyes settle on the IV tube hooked to the back of my hand. I’m in a hospital.My pulse races, and a rush of relief surges through me. Conrad saved me? He got me to a hospital?I try to raise myself, but the pain rippling through my ribcage forces me back down. “Conrad.”As if he heard me, the hospital door opens, but it’s not Conrad who walks in. It’s a woman with piercing green eyes and straight, red hair that almost reaches her knees.She’s so fair and beautiful that it’s im

Chapter 88

Amelia I should be dead. I don’t deserve to be alive. My nightmares make sense now. All I do is bring chaos to the people around me. “You shouldn’t have saved me.” Sapphira’s brow quirks. “What?” “You shouldn’t have saved me,” I repeat, sinking my teeth into my bottom lip until the taste of copper fills my mouth. “I don’t deserve to be alive.” “Okay, that’s it. We’re not doing that, okay?” She slips a finger under my jaw and tilts my face. Her eyes meet mine. Her gaze is hardened and filled with strength only years of true loneliness can offer. “I don’t care what happened or what those people said to you. No one has the right to make you feel like you’re better off dead. Think of it, if they left you to die so cruelly, then they’re the ones who deserve to die.” I shake my head. She doesn’t understand. Those people were my family; they took me in and loved me. If they cast me aside without giving me a way to prove myself, then something must be wrong with me. “They were my family.

Chapter 89

AmeliaI crunch the apple between my teeth, but before I can swallow, a wave of nausea hits me. I fly to my feet and hurry to the kitchen.Sapphira follows me. “Amelia, are you okay?”I empty the apple into the trash, then I move to the sink and start to rinse my mouth. “I can’t keep anything down.”She rubs my back. “This reminds me of when my aunty was preg—” She trails off midsentence, and I whip around to look at her.I can tell from the way her jaw slacks open that she’s thinking the same thing I am. That night, Conrad and I had unprotected sex, and although I wasn’t ovulating per se, it was within my fertility window.She stares at me intently. “Are you…”I hold my breath. “I need a test strip.”Thirty minutes later, the housekeeper returns with a test strip, and I hurry to the bathroom. I pee on the stick, and then the longest five minutes of my life ensue. Sapphira waits behind the door while I slide down to the floor, my heart pounding against my ribcage as I wait.If I’m tru

Chapter 90

Conrad Growling viciously, Zayne bares his teeth, ready to step in between us, but maintains his position in response to my raised finger.“Stop trying to protect the little traitor.” His grin flattens. “Amelia made her choice, and some choices come with consequences. Remember that.”He turns on his heel and strides out of my office before I can answer. Not that I would. At the moment, he is too blinded by rage and anguish to be reasonable.“Arrogant brat,” Zayne hisses, eyeing the door Jason went through a moment ago. “If you didn’t ask me to stand down, I would have shredded his wagging tongue to pieces.”I comb my fingers through my hair and run my hands down my face. “I know you would have.”“He doesn’t have any right⁠—”“Zayne, please,” I calm him down. “He’s hurting, and it’s completely understandable. It’s not easy to lose one’s family in a blink. Nothing prepares someone for that. The same thing happened to Amelia, and I turned my back on her. I shouldn’t have done that.”I

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