A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)

by Elise Kova

“She is not something to be traded and used,” I object, louder than I intended, but my emotions are running hot on her behalf. I clutch the little bottle with white knuckles. “She’s a noble spirit, one of the most ancient to walk among us.” “Are we to let her go and give up the power she offers our kind? Even now, without the ring in the possession of a lykin, our powers are beginning to wane to what they once were.” “That is your natural state!” “Is it? For our ability to take our wolf forms only came about when we swore a blood bond to the ancient wolf spirit.” He arches his brows. “Or should we revoke that, too? Truly return to what is ‘natural?’” “That depends, are you holding that wolf spirit captive for the sake of your transformations?” “It is free to come and go,” he reluctantly admits. “As it should be.” There is nothing but bitterness in my words. “The brutality you show spirits is truly breathtaking.” “I—” Evander stops his objection with a shake of his head. When he returns his attention to me, a thin, crescent smile arcs across his lips. His words are pure malice and the jar quivers in his hands from his grip. “You’re right. We are a brutal people. Aurora’s suffering is but one page in a long tome of my kind’s viciousness. Alphas of packs have unflinchingly killed boys and girls that might have been a challenge to them. Our grasses are watered with the blood of those who lost age-old battles for supremacy. Entire packs were wiped out by men and women in search...