Page 72 of Unbreakable Bond
Luna didn’t know who he was and she had no idea how this psycho had figured it out. He could be bluffing but… A sick feeling of dread curled through her veins and her wolf whimpered again. There was only one way he could know for sure, one way that he could be so smug aboutit.
Nova. Her youngest sister. She’d been having visions since she was four years old. She was a Seer. It was a gift, but also a curse. It meant she could see the future and sometimes that was a good thing but in Nova’s case, it almost always came with a glimpse ofdanger.
Her sweet, special sister who had accidentally set all of this in motion. Nova had seen a vision of Luna’s future and she’d told them all about it. She’d said that Luna was destined to mate with an Alpha, but not in the Crescent pack. She’d said Luna would leave the pack when her mate came for her and that she would rule over a new pack, giving them a strongalliance.
The news had been… unbelievable to say the least. Because Luna wasn’t a dominant wolf. She was submissive and every shifter worth their weight knew that an Alpha needed a strong female at his side. If the Alpha female weren’t strong she’d be challenged by the more dominant wolves in the pack relentlessly. Luna had never worried about it, had never even given it a thought. She’d dismissed Nova’s claims as the silly dreams of a child that wanted her big sister to find her happily everafter.
But it hadn’t mattered that Luna didn’t believe… because Maddoxhad.
Maddox Clary, who was cruel and sadistic and took pleasure in causing others pain. Maddox who had always thoughtheshould have been born to rule the pack, not Leo. Maddox who was so desperate for power that there were rumors he’d killed his own littermate simply so he would be the sole heir in his family. Maddox who had set his sights on her from the moment he walked into Crescent territory for reasons she’d never understood. Not until it was toolate.
He didn’t want her. Not really. He wanted what she represented. He wanted what she would offer a mate. Her standing in the pack. Her connections and royal blood. And he’d liked the idea of having a submissive wolf at his side, someone that wouldn’t challenge him or put up too much of afight.
That was where he’d made hismistake.
He’d thought because her wolf was submissive that she would accept his claim. He’d thought he could force her into marrying him. He’d murdered her father, at the very least run her brother off, and he’d intended to claim her and take control of the Crescent pack but he’d misjudgedher.
Her wolf was submissive. She wasn’t. And she would never agree to take a claim that wasn’t from her true mate. Let alone from someone that had ripped her familyapart.
Her father was dead. He’d told her that her mother died of a broken heart not long after. It was the way of the bond. Very few mates were strong enough to survive if their other half was taken from them suddenly andviolently.
Her parents were dead. Her siblings had been ripped away from her. She knew he had Nova and Maya hidden somewhere nearby, held as captives. And Leo… God, where was herbrother?
Not dead. She was sure of it now. But where then? And why hadn’t he come for them yet? She had no idea. If anyone could know where he was itwas…
A sickening thought hit her and she snapped her eyes back to his, “You’re using Nova for her visions. What have you done to her? What did you threaten to make her tell youanything?”
“Always with the accusations.” Maddox chirpeddisapprovingly.
“What’d you do to mysister?”
“Nothing.” His eyes flashed in the dark light, “Yet. And so long as she keeps telling me about the visions she has, then nothing will happen to her. You have myword.”
Luna swallowed roughly past her wolf who was clawing at her throat, “She’s had morevisions?”
“Mhmm.”
“And you made her tell you about them.” She felt sick again at the thought that her sister might have given away Leo’s location, wherever it maybe.
“I don’t make the Seer do anything.” He tsked, “But she’s a smart girl. Smarter than you. See, she knows what it would mean for her sisters if she lied to me or tried to keep me in the dark. She knows I’ll hurt someone she loves if she doesn’t do what Iask.”
“Ask.” Luna spit the word at him, “You meanorder.”
“I’m an Alpha. It’s what I was made for.” He snarled right back, “Just like you were made to submit to me. And you will, Luna. You will or I will do more than just threaten yoursisters.”
Bile rose in her throat at the thought. She was getting accustomed to the threats though. He always threatened her when he came down here but as far as she knew, he’d never followed through and hurt her sisters. He didn’t want her to hate him. He wanted her to choose him. Love him even. Or, more likely, worship him. He wanted her at his side to unite the pack that was still splintered after what he’d done to her father. He wanted her and he wouldn’t lose hereasily.
Something he’d said finally clicked into place in her foggy, malnourished head and she squinted in the darkness, “Nova saw who my true mate is, didn’t she? She saw him and she knew he was coming for me. Just like she said hewould.”
In the original vision, Nova hadn’t known the identity of Luna’s mate. She hadn’t been able to see him. She’d just known that he was an Alpha and that he was from another pack. But Maddox had said he attacked him tonight, whichmeant…
“Something changed.” She gasped, “Fate changed and she saw him more clearly didn’t she? She was right? He’s anAlpha?”
Maddox snarled, “It doesn’t matter what he is. He can’t come for you now. I made sure of that. All he’s going to have time for is to heal for the next few days and by then, you’re going to agree to bemine.”
“He’s… not dead then?” A small hope that she’d never let bloom inside her before sprouted. There was someone out there that could come for her after all. Her mate. Whoever he was. “You didn’t killhim?”
“Not for lack of trying.” Maddox growled, “Your bitch sister forgot to mention that the True Alpha was back and that feral bastard caught me off guard. He got between us and we had to retreat. But we did enough damage to keep them at bay for awhile.”
