Chapter 25 · I Bought His Death

"Sold." The auctioneer's gavel cracks the air. "Execution right to Lot Forty-Seven passes to Miss Lena Vale."

I'm still standing at my seat. My hand's still raised. The room spins but I lock my knees and keep my face blank.

Kael doesn't move. He's three tables away, shadows cutting across his jaw. His wolf probably wants to rip my throat out. Good. Let him want.

"Congratulations." Noah's voice is flat beside me. "You just bought the legal right to kill your husband."

"I know what I bought."

"Do you?" He leans in, keeps his voice low. "Because the second you activated that claim, the pack court puts a sixty-day countdown on his head. You execute, or they do."

I sit down before my legs give out. Around us, the auction hall's starting to buzz. Wolves lean together, whispering. A few pull out phones. Vera's table is dead silent, but I can feel her stare like a blade between my shoulder