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When she opened her eyes, she attempted to call on her wolf in hopes that the animal would finally answer her, but just as with her previous atte and refused to wake up Her as angry that they had not pursued theirup But in reality, Alina was just at the place where she desperately wanted Vasile to come back to her She wanted hi it out of him It was the first ti her help She started to let out an exasperated sigh but was cut off by the large hand that covered her ehi felt the warmth of her breath on his hand as he covered her mouth He pulled her away froainst his chest holding her tightly to him, he took a deep breath and nearly lost hile but stopped as soon as she heard his voice and, no doubt, caught his own scent

"Alina," he murmured into her neck as he continued to breathe her in She ined her sharp tongue tearing into him because he had scared her

"You cannot screaht?" he asked quietly She nodded and he slowly uncovered her mouth and loosened his arer that danced like fire in her eyes as she glared at hione

"What are you doing out here?" she asked hi that he had just nearly accosted her

"What do you roup of the pack to accuse the dead of lying" Her voice was cool, devoid of any of the warmth he was used to

"That is why I came to talk to you," he said as he tried to hold back the excitement He knew that Alina could not be meant for Vasile; he knew that she was his and always had been When E for volunteers to help find soive proof that Vasile was not fit to be the Alpha of the Eastern pack, Sergehi had barely been able to contain his shout of countthe mountains, it became apparent which members of the pack truly wanted Vasile out Only then did E for and why Serghei could admit that he felt a little sick when the Beta told hi up his former Alphas’ bodies, but when he told his fled When the pack found out their former Alphas were not true mates and had lied about it for centuries, there would be no way any would believe Alina and Vasile were s thehei hadn’t heard any ru on Vasile, then he knew the marks could not have appeared on Alina yet either

"Could you not just knock on the door like a normal person?"

"I wanted to speak with you without your father breathing down my neck," he explained She seemed to take this explanation as satisfactory because sheto reveal the truth of our former Alphas Then it will become clear for all to see that Vasile is not fit to lead our pack" He bounced on the balls of his feet as his adrenaline rushed through his body More than likely blood would flow tonight, and his as itching for a fight after having Vasile hu to reveal?" she asked with a single brow raised

"Stefan and Daciana were never true mates They lied For all those years, they lied to us"

He could see her struggling with the news as they all did when they first heard It was unfathomable that an Alpha pair would betray their pack in such a way

"How can Eue against his accusations," she argued

"They ue with their ht have said this a little too sly, because as her eyes widened with shock, he instantly dreaded answering the question she was bound to ask next

"What about their bodies, Serghei? How could he know anything about their bodies when they have been laid to rest?" she asked through narrowed eyes, the cool indifference slipping away just a little

"We dug the at her sharp tone

"You did what!" Her voice pierced the quiet evening, bouncing off the trees and through the air

He slapped a hand over her ain and turned her quickly so that her back was pressed to his chest again and she was sufficiently subdued He was so close to having what he wanted; he could not let her ruin it "We had to dig up their bodies to prove that they were notto Stefan, just as you do not belong to Vasile"

Serghei’s words were like a bucket of cold water being splashed on her too hot skin It awakened so for months now The shock of what they had done, how far they illing to go to see Vasile brought to heel, had awoken her sleeping wolf She had to s back the bile that threatened to rush up her throat as she replayed his words over and over, We dug theto Vasile Had he lost his ever lovingup and then defile the body of one who had done nothing but care for theht, he had gazed upon the body of his fe, whether that body had life running through it or not

His breath on her neck distracted her fro over her h her nose, having her h she could not get enough air What was he planning to do with her? How did she even fit into his and the other wolves’ twisted scheme?

"Do you pro to a child She fought the urge to bite into his hand and simply nodded instead

He removed his hand slowly obviously worried that she would not keep her word, but when she kept quiet, he stepped back allowing her a little room She turned to face hi in her blood She needed to stay calot upset it would only provoke his wolf, and that was the last thing she needed in that le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">