"What?!" The scream tore through the halls like a wounded animal, raw and ragged. "WHAT?!" A second shriek, louder this time, a mother's fury, a mate's betrayal, before the door exploded inward with a force that shattered the window panes. Georgia stood there, chest heaving, her golden eyes burning with a fire that could melt steel. Her claws were out, her fangs bared, every inch of her a Lycan queen ready to rip the world apart. "Tell me it's not true."Her voice was sharp and deadly. Jared didn't turn. The silence stretched between them, thick with unsaid words and broken promises. Moonlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling window, painting his broad frame in silver and shadow. His shoulders - those powerful Alpha shoulders that had carried the weight of their pa

