REID I desperately clutched my throat as it felt like all the air had suddenly escaped my lungs. She had rejected me as her mate. She had ripped my heart out and trampled on it. And I watched as the mark on her neck slowly turned to an ashy grey. The warriors surrounding us had dropped to their knees, howling in pure agony. They knew just as well as I did that things could only go downhill from here. Aaron took a hesitant step forward. "Alpha, the body," he reminded me in a hushed tone. I looked at him, my eyes flicking between him and General Silas. "Take him to the cellar and make sure that nobody sees you," I told him through our mind link. "Yes, Alpha," he answered with a curt nod before picking General Silas up and carrying him out of the Great Hall. "Daddy!" Mira screamed

