Author's Note

She is different...an outlier and she will not bend.

Kaya will rise and claim what is rightfully hers...no matter who she has to crush along the way.

"I reject you Edan, Alpha of the Infernum Canis Pack, as my mate. With these words I sever the bond between us of my own free will. I claim my soul back and return to you, yours. You are free from me and I of you..."

I grit my teeth, shaking as I rise, to go stand above his whimpering form which has shifted to curl into a ball, looking down on him... he is so much smaller, so much weaker...

The anger pushes me to say the last damning words in my heart, "I hope that every day for the rest of your miserable life you'll think of me...and how you were unworthy..."