My eyes widened.
What did he just say?
The world seemed to tilt beneath me.
For a moment, I wondered if I'd imagined it, if the howling wind had twisted his words into a cruel trick of sound. But no. His lips had formed the sentence clearly.
I wanted to let out a hysterical laugh.
Rion Morrigan had just agreed to hand me over.
I couldn't even speak. My mouth opened, but no words came.
The shock hollowed me out, stealing my breath until I felt like I might choke on the frozen air.
The words of an Alpha from the Undercity weren't meant to be taken seriously, I knew that.
Their world was built on deception, on bargains twisted with loopholes, on promises broken before they were even finished being spoken. I had known this from the start. I had told myself over and over not to believe him.
