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Rogan takes his phone into another room, and I get dressed.
We’re at war, princess.
War.
This is so fucking surreal.
One day I was walking around, minding my own business, and the next my father is hauling me into his office and commanding me to seduce an alpha were named Victor Rogan.
It’s almost as if he knew…
But even my father isn’t clairvoyant.Vampires don’t have that gift.Neither do lycans.Or demons.
And now…
War?
A war fought in the ether between lycans and vampires, and I still don’t know who cut out those two vamps’ hearts.
Sure, those vamps were aligned with the Demon King.
But now my father says the lycans have allied with the demons.
Who do I believe?
Rogan returns.“That was Dominic.He called a meeting in my absence.Our pack voted to fight.”
“I didn’t know there was a choice,” I say.
“There’s always a choice, Hannah.”
Except when it comes to you and me.
I hear the words almost as if he said them out loud.
“What’s next?”I ask.
“We get armed.Then we enter the ether.Your father and stepfather are already there.”
“Are you kidding me?Neither of them will deign to fight.They’ll have their minions do it.”
“The same reason I can’t fight.As Alpha, I must be protected.”
I scoff.“Right.You’re going to stand back while your wolves fight.I don’t see that happening, Rogan.”
“You know me well, princess, and you’re right.I will fight alongside my people.”
Alongside my people.
The words aren’t lost on me.
Rogan will be with his people, but I won’t be.Even without the ceremony and the sacred knife, I’ll still fight with Rogan.Somehow the bond with him has voided—or at least overpowered—he bond to my king
Rogan is a wolf, and he’s always been a wolf, even before he was an Alpha.Me?I grew up thinking I was a human being.I have no loyalty to my father or the Vampire Brotherhood, only the blood bond that forces obedience.
Yet…