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Yes, he would be victorious He would take back his pack and help them heal He would claim his mate and bond her to him He would secure a future full of hope for all of them He had to believe that the Great Luna had not created hian He had to have hope because the absence of hope meant his ene, Alpha," Peri interrupted his thoughts "On the darkest of nights, when you cannot see the stars or even the moon, when you do not feel your Creator, when your ene in and their victory appears imminent, and you are sure that all those you love are lost to you, remember that true defeat only comes when those who are able to act, stand idly by while those in need are cast down by evil Do not forget that If you do, I will come and kick you in the head until you reotten how eloquent you ords"

"I strive for truthfulness; eloquence is for liars and thieves Both of which I have no tolerance for; re else you would like htly as she looked at hireen eyes "As a matter-of-fact there is, if you do fail and all those who do not need killing end up dying because of your failure, know that I will drag you back frorave so that I can torture you myself Because I will probably be the one ill have to clean up the chaos and mess that will result in your defeat Moral of the story, Alpha--do not die"

Romanian Proverb 14

Nu e trandafir fãrã spini

No rose without a thorn

One year later

"Mina," Vasile said staring up at the night sky as he reached for his mate It had been two days since he had been able to truly speak to her through their bond He was constantly engaging Emilian’s wolves and when one would fall another would take his place And he was not the only one being distracted by E more and more paranoid by his inability to kill Vasile He was constantly sending out warriors into the villages, questioning packVasile He was also beginning to give weight to the possibility that Serghei’s claier than an unmated male, and Emilian could not believe that Vasile was still er Alpha The only way that could be was if he indeed had a mate

"You live another day, Alpha of Mine," Alina teased as she answered hiun to corown; he could hear it in her voice and felt it in her teasing and occasional flirting Circurow up, refining her already self-assured nature She had an old soul, one filled with the need to care for others When there were soshe could do but answer those needs He knew that he did not help her burden because he needed her ave of herself freely to hi with love for him, and her mind was an open book so that he could see just how much she missed hi that to knoas needed, wanted, and desired by the woh he couldsince today is one that I could not possibly die on without having the chance to tell you happy birthday"

"You remembered?"

He heard the surprise in her voice and wished so deeply that he could be with her to stare into her eyes so that she could see into his soul and know that there was nothing about her that he could ever forget "How could I ever forget the best day of hed "You were not even there when I was born"

"Perhaps not, but the day you were born was the day I was guaranteed to be loved by the e to know" And he

"Thank you, my love Perhaps, next year you will be able to say those words to me as you hold me in your arh her fist had wrapped around it and squeezed How badly he wanted that "If I could be with you now, if it was safe, I would be by your side before the dawn"

Roârie rãu

Duerous

Two years after exile

Alina watched as yet another twoas sie to Ee had passed this week’s inspection The fights a more and more frequent Not only that but the violence behind the as well It was only a matter of time before someone killed one of their own packtheir ho them weekly on the whereabouts of Vasile and the warriors who had left with hi the pack members Wolves did not like their loyalty questioned A dominant Alpha, one more dominant than all the males in the pack, would be able to question his wolves and keep their wolf under control Being able to keep the violence of the beasts inside thea powerful Alpha was so i more concerned every month that Emilian was not as dominant as he had first led them to believe So challenging hireat possibility one of the males in the pack could defeat him If that were true then they were in ht They were two years into his rule as Alpha and the health of the pack had not i

On top of all of this chaos was the ongoing pain and emotional turmoil that Alina dealt with because of her separation froer in the tily difficult to hide the raging emotions inside of her and worried evento determine if Vasile truly did have a mate Obviously, she was nuing for nightfall when she could lie down in the quiet of her bed and listen to the sound of his voice as they talked through their bond She could tell that the constant fighting of the warriors E a toll on him Vasile was dominant, a natural Alpha, and that meant he would kill to protect But that did notkeeping his wolf frohtly mental talks―the connection they were able to oogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">