Sl*oane was a f!.ake m  [ate ass@*igned to #$hei) r R[oyce. For =three y\;`ears, he ne.#ver marked her
!?, s[p$#=iked her drinks[$( with suppress_ants, and humiliated 
her in public. His bro##the+r Kael, whose Thorne bl;ood S.loane recog.(nized a (t (a$$ ce,,
r^^emo+#)ny,_ returned an@d ]=(proposed a deal\,: =`“Thr)?ee months, he never ^pl\.!+e!_as ed #you once. I?
need_ o ne night.” One t
rue b it-e $shattered the /% fake bond. S\-lo*ane carr !ied Kael's pup. Ro*/!yce k#(illed Ma!]gnus for th/ e se?!^\@a-t, kidnap!ped seve n-months-[pr^egnan/( %t` , Sloane, a(:nd !confessed=: to*) everythin;.g—recor;@ ded`` live ..?by + **the ring she w(:or *_]e.! Royce- @ ];was caged fo- ?r life. Kael knelt b\efore the!] pack and asked Sloane to b!!e his L]una.