Wolf Queen (Wolves of New York #3) by Bella Jacobs

Author:Bella Jacobs [Jacobs, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B091NHK79R
Publisher: Bella Jacobs Books
Published: 2021-06-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Willow

Kelley clings to Bane’s wrist with both hands—probably to keep her hair from being ripped out at the root—but doesn’t cry out or offer a word of protest as he leans over, bringing her face within inches of the hot coals.

“Yesterday, you ordered Diana released from her cage and brought here without my permission, my queen,” he says, his calm, soothing voice at odds with the brutality of his actions. “Forget your place again, and I’ll have no choice but to punish you. A burn scar on your pretty face might help you remember who’s in charge, don’t you think? You’d be reminded every time you look in the mirror that I’m the one in control.”

“Willow wouldn’t listen to me about having the baby until she knew Diana was safe, and I couldn’t find you,” Kelley says in an equally calm voice. “I thought I was doing what was best. I know we both want this pregnancy as soon as possible.”

“You know very little, love,” he says, his grip tightening in my sister’s hair until she winces, and her neck goes stiff. “Which has been done on purpose, to ensure your protection. But if you continue to disobey me, I can’t protect you, which is unacceptable to me. This is your last chance to prove you understand how to behave yourself, Kelley. You don’t lead, you follow. From now on, if for some reason I’m not available to make decisions for you, you will wait to move forward until I am. Are we clear?”

“Clear, Alpha,” she says.

“Good.” He pulls her to her feet and away from the fire.

The tension is just beginning to seep from my body when he flexes his massive bicep and slams the top of Kelley’s head into the heavy wooden mantle over the fire.

Diana and I both cry out, cowering instinctively closer together as he releases Kelley and she crumples to the floor at his feet, moaning softly as she presses a hand to her no-doubt aching skull.

Eyes wide, I wrap my arm around Diana’s shoulders, wondering what the hell to do if he comes for her next.

Or for me.

I can be savage in my wolf form, but even as a wolf I’m so much smaller and weaker than this man, and he has no problem using his superior strength to make other people’s lives miserable.

Which is why you have to do this.

You have to go through with the ritual and become queen.

Then you’ll finally be strong enough to protect the people you love.

And yourself.

I bite the inside of my lip, praying my thoughts aren’t showing in my expression as Bane moves closer to the blanket and crouches down, bringing his face nearly level with mine. “There is room for freedom in the new world we’re building, Willow, but only if you remember your place. And until you bring our babies into the world, your place is wherever I want it to be, and your sole purpose is to protect and nurture those unborn lives. Are we understood?”

I nod quickly, casting my gaze down to my plate as I whisper.

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