TIES & TERRITORY
Rylan's POV
On my knees in chains at the Interior of the Eastern army, I felt silver searing against my hybrid flesh as it was clasped around my wrists. My broken ribs ached with every breath. My face was puffy from the beatings, one eye almost closed. My lip was bleeding on the ground. But I was alive. It didn’t matter what they did to me; my hybrid healing was going to keep me alive. It was a gift and a curse.
Alpha Dimitri loomed above me, like a conqueror admiring his booty. His icy gaze returned to the village in the distance, waiting for Kiera to respond to his ultimatum. Five hundred Eastern wolves and rogues were about us, drawn up in rigid military array. Disciplined. Ready. Confidence.
The mate bond allowed me to feel Kiera from here. Her anguish hit me in wa
