The Alpha's Collared Pet: Rejected and Reborn

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sabella offered me a "gift."

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the metal sizzled. The smell of m

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at me, his face a

rising from my skin. "Consider it discipli

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eight, caked in the ash of my family's home. Dante had pulled me from the

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r. To the pack, I wasn't just

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hat deep baritone that used to read me bed

ne laced his words, a frequency that bypassed the ears a

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ive musk and unearned victory. She was a high-ranking female f

verything

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. And logic dictated that a

at Isabella and smiled-a s

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rettes from my robe. I'd never

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robe that cost more than my education. She let it sli

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promised me a walk-in closet. This room

sneering at m

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on't worry. I have a peace offering

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t's mace. It burns on contact, disrupt

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ne second the doorway was e

a muscle feathering in his cheek. He looked paine

obl

sabella pouted. "I thought a l

w. He was an Alpha; he knew exactl

d rebellion-and his ego took the wheel. He needed me submissive. If I wa

her," Dante

lver," I said.

, looking away. "It won't kill

e, but she was a ranked warrior.

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he paled when he saw the smoke rising from my

to believe I was weak so he coul

him through t

I wheezed.

-step forward,

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pped. He

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