(Now,) he said, his voice dark with satisfaction,(now you sound like my Alpha.)
That was what my wolf told me and I will not lie to you, hearing him say that, hearing him claim me again when half the world thought I was about to bleed out right here in the dirt, it made something deep inside me bare its teeth one last time.
Because you need to understand this, I am Damon Thornvale. I do not go quietly. I do not fall like some nameless soldier in a battle no one will remember. If I was going to die tonight, the whole damn forest was going to know my name before I hit the ground for the last time.
So I told myself to rise.
I told myself to push through the silver even though it burned through my veins like someone had taken the sun itself and melted it into my blood. Do you know what si
