Chapter 11: Beast in the Frost

The growl came again, closer this time, and I felt it deep in my bones. It felt like a low vibration that rattled straight through my chest and into the base of my spine.Even the horse felt it too. She went rigid beneath us for exactly one heartbeat before all four hooves left the ground at once, screaming in a manner that really didn't sound like it should be possible from an animal that size."Whoa — whoa!" I gasped, my hands gripping the reins tightly as the horse made us tilt violently to one side."Hold on," Dominic said in his low and clipped tone, and his arm clamped around my waist like an iron band, pinning me against his chest while his other hand fought the reins. The horse bucked again, harder, and I felt every muscle in Dominic's body go taut with the effort of keeping us both upright."What is that?" I managed, my voice thinner than I wanted it to be.He didn't answer, but his eyes had gone past me. They were fixed on the treeline, and I watched something da

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Chapter 12: Voices of the Council

The council grounds were at least half a mile north of the Manor, built on a clearing my grandfather had cleared by hand before there was a Manor to speak of at all. It was older than everything else the Blackthorne name touched, and definitely looked like it — a ring of standing stones that had been worn smooth by a century of weather, and a long stone table at its center that had outlived every Alpha who'd ever sat behind it.The Keeper was waiting for me at the edge of the treeline with his ceremonial horn already resting in the crook of his arm."Three tones, Alpha?" he asked, like he'd known."Three," I confirmed.Three tones meant urgent. It was enough to have every council member drop whatever they were doing and make their way to the grounds quickly enough.The old man lifted the horn and blew, and the sound rolled out over the frost-covered fields in three long notes that I felt in my bones, more than heard.Within the hour, they'd all arrived.My mother, Sarah cam

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All Chapters of Mated To My Enemy's Rival: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

Chapter 11: Beast in the Frost

Chapter 12: Voices of the Council