Chapter 110 AURORA Holdens instructions were burned into my mind .


    Now .


    Aurora , darling , once youve found the answers to certain things I need to know , Im going to let you go .


    You are going to walk straight to Dane .


    And when you find him , this is exactly what youre going to do … First , you arent allowed to tell him about our bond .


    You cant speak it , you cant write it , you cant sign it or y charades .


    You are forbidden tomunicate it in any way whatsoever to anyone , ever .


    Second , you are going to act like things are normal .


    If he wants to kiss you , by all means , give him a kiss .


    If he wants to fuck you … do it and think of me .


    We cant let our little secret get out , can we ? Tears ran down my face as as I forced the memory out of my mind .


    I thought finding Dane would be afort , but seeing him , feeling his arms around me , and gazing into his trusting eyes just made it worse .


    I kept trying to find a way around Holdensmands so that I could tell Dane what had happened , but you are forbidden tomunicate it to anyone , ever covered everything I could think of .


    2/5 Chapter 110 The howls of Holdens wolves came again .


    Dane grabbed my hand .


    He and Evelyn had both shifted into their lycan forms .


    Dane crouched andmanded me to get on his back .


    I did .


    What other choice did I have ? You arent allowed to act like anything is wrong .


    I did .


    Holdens Alpha powers would strangle me .


    You arent allowed to hurt or kill yourself .


    I wouldnt have left the twins .


    You arent allowed to run .


    Stay by his side as much as is reasonable .


    As much as you would if you were still in control of yourself .


    With that , my final hope left .


    If I couldnt even protect Dane by leaving him , what could I do ? Dane sprinted through the dark woods , and I kept my face buried against his neck , my hands fisted in his dark gray fur .


    Thend flew by .


    Even though I knew my presence was now toxic , and I was like a knife positioned at Danes throat , I couldnt help but melt into his warmth .


    His strength .


    We had been so close to finally having each other .


    I had been so close to having the man I had loved for eight years .


    Chapter 110 But Holden had made me into a spy .


    A time bomb .


    3/5 I thought Dane and I had done everything possible to poison our love during our marriage .


    But it turned out that was nothingpared to what Holden could do .


    That he could take something as beautiful and life giving as a second chance at love and turn it into something that might be the death of us all .


    All because of his jealousy and greed .


    Just as I would get control of my tears , hopelessness would overwhelm me , and Id start crying all over again .


    It went on like that for hours , until the howls of Holdens wolves faded away .


    He wasnt really hunting us anyway .


    He wanted Dane to take me home .


    Keep me close to him .


    But hed forbidden me from saying that , too .


    In my misery , I lost track of time .


    When we finally stopped again , it was the middle of the night .


    I was bone tired , and I didnt recognize where we were .


    Dane helped me down from his back , and I stretched sore muscles .


    The nights were getting cooler , and I shivered without his warmth .


    He turned to face me and shifted into his human form , then pulled me against him so tightly it made my ribs ache .


    Chapter 110 We found you , he whispered .


    We found you .


    4/5 I scrunched my burning eyes against more tears and cleared my throat , which had started to close .


    H how did you know where to look ? His brow furrowed , and he told me the story of the strange rogues .


    That doesnt make any sense , I said , totally confused .


    Who are they ? I still dont know , but they said wed find out , so I expect well see them again , Dane said .


    I nced around the little clearing we were in by the side of the moonlit river and only then realized Evelyn was gone .


    Were close to Blue Ridge territory , Dane said .


    I called Archer to meet her .


    Theyll go ahead of us to the pack house to check on things .


    Oh .


    I exhaled shakily and moved away from Dane ; toward the edge of the wide , slow moving river we were following .


    I hugged myself and stared at the wavering outline of the moon in the ck water .


    Goddess , I thought , how could you have let these things happen to me ? Why didnt you just let me die all those years ago before I could be a weapon to be used against Dane over and over again ? 5/5 Chapter 110 She didnt answer .


    I wasnt sure if she ever had .


    But then , if I was a child of the darkness , surely the goddess hated me , just like everyone else .


    Dane walked up behind me and wrapped his hands around my elbows .


    He pulled me back against his strong body and kissed my hair .


    I know youre afraid for the twins .


    But I got you back .


    Our luck is changing .


    Well find them , and everything will be all right .


    I trembled because Dane was wrong .


    So wrong .


    Our luck wasnt changing .


    It was only getting crueler .


    My hand brushed my pocket , where a silver knife was tucked into a sheath .


    Holdensstmand echoed through my mind .


    Let him be close to you .


    Let him love you .


    And when the moment is right , when hes least expecting it , I will give themand … … and you will kill him .


    Hell never see iting .