Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin #1)

Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin #1)

Author: Sable Sorensen Listening Length: 21h 24m
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Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them… Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the...

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

T he Strategos anteroom is heavy with shared grief as we return from the Purge Trial. There isn’t a lot of talking, but everyone clusters together. Even those who usually stand apart, like Nevah, seek the comfort of the group. I find myself drawn in as well.

All twenty of us sit around the roaring fireplace, soaking in its glow. Low conversation ensues—discussions of how we each might spend our day off, which family members we’ll visit, what news we’ll share. But the excitement is muted.

Overshadowed by the choice we made as a pack to execute three of our fellow Rawbonds. At the moment, caught up in the Trial, it felt like the right decision, despite its brutality. But now…