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ne's
ancy, I, Lianne Riley, was
pt calling my husband, Alpha Eth
to stay awake, I opened my phone and saw
fraid of the dark. He even canceled all his meetings today to take me to an
en I was seriously injured while protecting my
liked the post a
rst love back, then
uld disappear from his li
.
ted Rejection, I dragged m
om sat in darkness, with only the faint glow fr
, his presence heavy and suffocating. The pressure
ther than my
s your home?" His voice cut t
from the couch and crossed th
rutal force, pain shooting through my a
e with open contempt. "She only just came back, and her condition isn't stable yet. Sh
y blurred vision making hi
been poisoned with silver.
as, he spiraled completely, numbing
e Thorn Pack arr
eating away at him. At the same time, I'd given him my blood again and again, using my h
lightly against my neck while his voice stayed cold. "I already told you befo
onab
han a slap against my
ago, I'd been trapped in a
ning down my face, I'd called him again and again,
as, "Ivy's not feeling well right now. I can't lea
ended th
bit of strength I had left. After that, I walked three miles
y gaze so he wouldn't see the sadnes
ed. He fell silent for a moment, the anger in his eyes
oked me over slowly, from my
nswering your phone." He frowned. "And those calls you
ide me. "There was an issue with the pack's supply deliveries, so
he financial reports for this quarter, along with a few documents that
asually tossed them onto the coffee
years, I'd been the perfect Luna in his eyes,
er poison pushed him into violent, uncontrollable episodes, I stay
and signed the documents one after a
ection was hidden beneath
Rejection would take
d break completely. He would finally be free.
ward me, his fingers brushing lightly a
nstantly, as though his
e stared at me for a long moment before
frame closing in until his s
s caught my chin and lifted it, fo
s eyes. Possessiveness. The instinctive
m my chin to my throat, his rough thumb brushing slowly over the sens
gainst my skin, yet my heart
t, his phone
showed a name I k
body sti
ifted through the call, "Ethan, I'm scared. The thund
esitation flickering b
y just came back, and she's still not fully recovered. As the pack's Al
hidden beneath my words. But there was nothing for him to find. I look
er a moment, satisfaction creeping into his tone as he put his phone away. "I kn
t up t
I only wanted the one thing he had n
answered w
his hurried steps making it seem as
ckle the moment the door shut behind him. I slid
Rejection while my trembling fin
last thing I eve
I would no long
n child and disappear
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