The whole estate fell into chaos.
The Lycan King,that pristine, untouchable creature who never wore so much as a single wrinkle in a shirt,was kneeling in the dirt now, his trousers smeared with mud. He didn't notice. He didn't care.
He kept reaching for me and pulling his hands back, afraid to touch me.
I lay curled on my side in the soft earth. My ankle was twisted at an angle that wasn't a human angle. It was already ballooning.
"Seraphina,don't be afraid. The Pack doctor is coming. Don't be afraid."
He was trying to keep his voice steady.
It wasn't working. The panic crept through the edges of every word.
I lay there in the dirt with my eyes shut. I bit down on my lip so hard I bled.
I would not give them the satisfaction of one scream.
Alpha Kael, off to one side, was a statu
