Free Raven's Rose (Charity Series Book 3) by DeAnna Kinney Page A

will then lead me to your pack, and I will kill them all anyway. The choice is yours. However, if you join us, I might just let your bride go free.”
    At that moment, Randolph entered the room with Sophia gripped tightly in his hands. “Raven!” She tried to go to him, but Griffin grabbed hold of her, pulling her close against him.
    “Hmm, I have never understood this sudden fascination with these human girls. But at least this one’s blood smells delicious.”
    Raven gritted his teeth, speaking through them with restrained anger. “Get—your—hands—off—of—my—wife.” He growled then.
    “Did you just growl at me? What are you a werewolf now?” He turned angry. “You will never growl at me again!” He jerked Sophia’s neck backwards and sank his fangs deep into her neck, sucking generously.
    “No!” Despite the chains, Raven stood and came at Griffin with fervent speed. Griffin must have anticipated it. As soon as Raven got close enough, he let Sophia go and backhanded Raven across the face, sending him flying over the bed across the room.
    “No!” Sophia yelled, turning quickly and slapping Griffin in the face.
    He grabbed hold of her hand. “The last girl who caused trouble here regretted it.” He jerked her along as he stomped across the room toward Raven. Raven lay on the floor unmoving.
    “I know you can hear me. You may want to reconsider my offer. It appears your wife is with child.”
    Raven lifted his head and locked eyes with a tearful and shocked Sophia. She began to cry. “Father will be very interested to hear this most unnerving news. This changes everything. She cannot be left alive now. But you can save yourself. You have two days to decide. Randolph, take her back.” He pushed Sophia into Randolph’s arms.
    Although his voice was weak, he called out to her. “Sophia, I will fix this somehow. I love you. I will fix this.” He knew, despite her heavy sobs, she heard him. Raven’s eyes filled with tears again. This could not be happening. This was supposed to be joyful news. But this news was dangerous for anyone but his pack. A baby was the one thing he did not see coming, and he did not know what to do about it. How was he going to save them now?

     
     
     
     
     
     
                                  Chapter Seventeen
     
     
    Two days passed in a blur. Raven wouldn’t have even known it if it hadn’t been for the constant pain in his heart keeping him barely alive. He didn’t care about his own pain, all he could think about was that his precious Sophia was suffering—and because of him. He had let her down. He was supposed to keep her safe. They had a chance at a happy life; a life with a family, something he didn’t even think was possible. And now that he knew, it was torturing him. He couldn’t imagine what Sophia was thinking. He wished he could get to her, but he could barely move. And now they would both die—all because of him.
                  The door flew open. “Well, Brother. Have you made your choice?”
                  Maurie and Randolph approached him and pulled him to his knees. Raven could barely hold himself upright. “Don’t do this, Brother. I won’t join you. You will be forced to kill me. Can you really live with that?”
                  “I am not the one who betrayed our kind!” Griffin spat. “I am not the one who married the enemy and is now having a half breed. We cannot allow such an abomination. Father will not let that happen. He has been in Romania but is on his way here. It seems he too wants to be involved in destroying this pack.”
                  Raven smirked. “And does he know you plan to kill me?”
                  Griffin’s smile was dangerous. “He was the one who gave the order.”
                  Raven’s face fell. Could his father truly be that mad at him to actually order his execution? It seemed so. Pain, mixed