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unyielding scent of lily and cedar lingered in the air, a stark contrast to the heavy amber and ambergris of
of my greatest mentor walk awa
il. He had returned from the border reeking of his polluted cologne, heavily masked by the sharp, cheap spices of Gamma Brenna Wil
om Rejecting their mates or taking a second within five years of marriage. But to appea
the slaughtered and maimed bodies of the Wood family-nau
graveyard soaked in her family's blood, just to preserve her pride. She refused to accept a polluted mate-bond. Granting her the Severance w
Alton Marsh stepped in, his faint ink
The Dowager Empress demands your p
my mother's quarters. The heavy, suffocating scent of violet and agarw
carved high-backed chair. Her face was pale
er's fury. "Arthur Crawford's daughter! You force a wolfless girl to s
st in my study." I took a steadying breath, breaking the news. "She didn't ask for my protection against Bre
es shattered into profound, agonizin
er mate love another sh
ghosts of Aileen, Candace, and Gina Reynolds, the favored mistresses my father had flaunted befor
ned into a cold, lethal disgust. "And this Gamma Brenna... I once praised her for elevating the status of female wolves in our kingdom
Alpha who had caused all this. Justin Hayes thought he had won. He t
my voice dropping to a
n stepped forward
ee, leave him standing at the gates. I will not see him." I narrowed my eyes, the
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