Chapter 14 Wolf Attack

Kara I sat at my desk, the glow of the screen lighting the room. The political path was dead. The simple legal filing I submitted to start the Council’s investigation had been shut down instantly by someone with high authority. The entire legal system was slow and rotten just like Ryder. I pressed the heels of my hands into my tired eyes. I pictured his mocking face, the cold way he told me I was a waste of the Luna title. “You are being foolish, Kara. You know who the real risk is,” Narah whispered, pushing an image into my mind, Lucien’s face, his beautiful and dangerous eyes. He is the strongest wolf we have felt since the bond began. We need him. He is a shield against this pain. “No, we don’t,” I snapped silently, clenching my fists until my nails dug into my palms. “He is a BlackThorn. The brother of the enemy. We just fought violently to cut him off. We are not weak enough to crawl back to him now, no matter what our instincts say.” “But the mate bond is not just instinct! It is