“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?!” She asked, her voice hysterical. “What’s wrong is that you decided to take a monster as your mate!”
Rhys‘ face immediately transformed into anger, but he was attempting to keep his cool.
“As I stated earlier,” Rhys said coldly, “Any dissent will not be tolerated. Grace is my mate. I have marked Grace. Grace is an amazing person, who does not need your doubts. Any move against Grace will be considered treason against the Kingdom, so I would tread carefully if I was you.”
“Rhys, you are making a mistake!” She tried to grab his arm, but he shook her off and looked at her like she was vermin.
“This is your last warning, Allison. I will not be so lenient next time.” He then turned to me and forced a small smile. “Come on Grace, let’s go home.‘
I took his offered hand, unsure of how I felt. There was something about Allison that didn’t sit well with me. She was clearly not the kind of girl who was used to not getting her way, but how far would she go? Sawyer and Leon had both been worried for me when she had come back. I hadn’t seen her since that first day, but was I being too naive? Should I be worried for my own safety within the pack? I realized that Allison had personal reasons to hate me, but did others even need a reason?
The rest of the car ride was spent in silence, both of us just lost in our own thoughts. Everything just felt like it was spinning out of control, but in reality, nothing had been in my control in a very long time, if ever.
“Oh good, your back!” Arlo exclaimed happily when we walked in. “Come, I have something to show you.”
We waited for Sawyer and Leon to join us, then followed Arlo back to his cottage in the woods, and I wondered what this was all about and why he was so excited about it.
Rhys and I sat at the table, my hand in his, but otherwise, we didn’t say anything, and
Sawyer and Leon as Arlo rushed around looking for something.
“So, you said something in the meeting that really caught my attention. You stated that Lycan’s are similar to wolves but are bi–pedal and more or less one and the same, just in a
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different form. And it reminded me of an ancient text I have somewhere…” He trailed off for a moment and all we heard was shuffling before he said, “Ah there it is,” and an old dusty leather–bound book was place on the table.
“I don’t understand,” Rhys said as Arlo frantically flipped through it. “Does this book have something to do with Lycans?”
“I read this book many years ago when I was writing my own book about pack history. It doesn’t explicitly say anything about Lycans, but somewhere in here, it mentions, “wolf- humans“. I had chalked it up to legends before, but now, knowing that their real, I’m sure that there is more information in here.” He paused for a moment, frustrated that he couldn’t find the section he was looking for. “However, there is a story about a wolf- human who was repeatedly bound, and they died on the third binding. That was the most that have ever been done according to history…”
He found the page at that moment, and looked up at me, looking me dead in the eye before saying, “So theoretically, Grace, you should be dead.”
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
