Allene's POV
“Leonard’s secrets are with me, Draven. And I know the best way for us to destroy him. Marry me, even if it’s just a contract marriage.”
The words spilled out again, urgent and pleading, the only weapon I had left. I knew Leonard would move mountains to drag me back. He hadn’t accepted my rejection and the bond still burned between us like an open wound. Every time another man touched me, Leonard would feel it. As he would be feeling now.
The same agony I’d swallowed for five long years while he f****d his way through half the pack’s willing women.
Now it was finally his turn to choke on the pain of his own foolishness.
But I couldn’t risk staying unbound. Not when he still had legal claim. Not when the council could force me back into his bed with one signed decree.
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