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Fenrys snarled, deep and vicious. And still
he struggled to his feet.
Cairn pointed the poker at the rug. “Lie
down. That is an order from your queen.”
Fenrys spasmed, his hackles lifting. But he
was standing.
Standing.
Despite the order, despite the blood oath’s
commands.
Get up.
From far away, the words sounded.
Cairn roared, “Lie down!”
Fenrys’s head thrashed from side to side,
his body bucking against invisible chains.
Against an invisible oath.
His dark eyes met Cairn’s.
Blood began running from the wolf’s
nostril.
It’d kill him—to sever the oath. It would
break his soul. His body would go soon after