“Please, stop them!” she begged, but Samuel stayed silent, watching coldly as Father Raven lay dying.

“Say you love me,” Samuel demanded, his tone cruel and commanding.

She froze. It was unbearable for her to say those words to the man she despised — the man destroying her family before her eyes. If she delayed even a moment longer, my father would die.

“I love you,” she whispered, her eyes fixed on my father as she spoke the words to the merciless Alpha.

“I can’t feel it, ...