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"What do youto Vasile?" she asked him the one question that truly bothered her Had Vasile been denying she was his hei’s forehead wrinkled as he narrowed his eyes at her "I mean you are not histo play du exactly what his father did, clai to hiht ere true mates There is everyhis"

"I ahei, and I a to anyone," she snapped despite her earlier decision to stay cals yet because…" She suddenly stopped talking as a thought occurred to her Maybe Vasile did not want anyone to know he had found his er because she did not bear his ht, the pack hei waited for her to finish her thought She shook her head as if to clear it and then finished with, "I ae Obviously, my future has not been made clear yet, and I should not have to explain myself to anyone"

He shook his head after a few ardless, I need you to come with me I need you to see for yourself so that you will understand just how far the Lupeis will go to protect themselves instead of their pack" He reached for her hand but she jerked it back sidestepping hiet closer to her

"I ahei My father and mother will be the ones to decide when and if I need to knohat is going on, if there is anything in deed going on with the Alpha and his parents" She tried to sound confident and final As she turned to head back towards her hoht have acco her ainst her will further into the woods

"I am sorry that you feel that way I would have rather you had coet you to see that you belong to me is by force then I will do it" Before he could coainst his, her wolf took over She phased in mid leap and ran for her parent’s home She did not hear his pursuit and assumed he would rather run like the coward he was than face her father’s wrath at his ihei backed away further into the darkness as he watched Alina flee She would no doubt infor he had said, and now there would be no way they would let hi as Vasile could not get anywhere near her either, and the pack would make sure of that There was no way they would allow his, and she would have to prove they were there by showing someone He turned away from the direction of her home, stripped off his clothes, phased, and headed off at a run back towards the pack castle He wanted to confront Vasile He wanted to stir more doubt in the er be trusted An Alpha who did not have the trust of his pack would not be able to control the leader Serghei did not see how anyone would be able to stay in control once they saw the unearthed bodies of their parents He picked up his pace as he thought about the look on Vasile’s face when Ehei would need to hide Alina before that happened He could not run the risk of Vasile seeing her again Even though Serghei did not believe that Vasile was Alina’s true h to tempt fate If she was indeed his true mate and they were allowed to cohei could ensure Vasile’s death before they bonded, then Alina would be free to be his The young wolf grinned as he thought to himself not only did Vasile need to be dethroned but he needed to be taken out of this life all together

Romanian Proverb 12

Adevãrul înainte de toate!

Speak the truth and shame the devil

Emilian stood in the courtyard of the Eastern Romania pack castle surrounded by those anted an explanation So for their Alpha to show himself and speak up

He turned to face the crowd and held his ar to them to quiet down "Your pack mates have called you here so that you may have the wool that has been cast over your eyes re the attention of everyone present "Your former Alphas were not honest with you They lived a lie and because of that lie you all suffered the consequences Though the changes to your villages were gradual, there effects were no less devastating than a tornado Stefan left you to fend for yourselves while he dealt with the an to ripple across the group at his words, but still he pressed on "I have heard from the mouth of my Alpha, as told from the mouth of Vasile Lupei himself, that Stefan and Daciana Lupei were not true ths to keep their lie a secret Stefan went so far as tattooing his own skin to sis And each of them planned their own suicide in the event that the other died, which is exactly what happened--Daciana took her own life rather than letting their deception be revealed!"

At this, the gathering began to murmur as one Shouts of "Liar!" came from somewhere in the back of crowd

"But please, don’t take my word for it, felloolves I am not of your pack I am the Beta of the Western pack Why would you believe me? Come closer and see their fraud with your own eyes"

Emilian motioned for Ivan and Marian to reically placed behind hi him on either side Inside the boxes were the two coffins, the lids of which Ivan and Marian promptly reth Emilian stepped closer and tried not to smile as the wolves around hi to see inside Most were hoping against hope that the coffins were empty or that they held so orking its way around the crowd, like a plague infecting a village―unstoppable, uncontrollable, spreading from wolf to wolf They knew the terrible truth was about to confront thele" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">