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silk dress clung to me, heavy and freezing. The cold crept up my legs, numbing my flesh. I kept my back perfectly strai
. In my past life, when Edward gave the necklace to Cynthia, I hadn't stayed calm. I had been furious.
pack, a wanderer who survived by stealing and killing. The lowest of the low. "She's masking her true scent with mud and moonlace root!" I'd yelled, exposing her secret to
her life is one thing. Bringing her into our pack is an insult. G
e Alpha and Beta males immediately felt the urge to protect her. But I had the nobles on my side. I had my family's immense power. The high-ranking wo
and. He hated my family for being stronger than his royal authority. But he had no choice. He snatched the moonstone necklace back from Cynthia, walked over to me with hi
d my noble blood had secured my future. I was so foolish. I didn't realize that forcing an Alpha to submit in front of his
But I had also sown the seeds for my own bruta
idn't fight for the necklace. I let them have it. I let Cynthia take the crushing burden of managing a pack she knew nothing about. I let Edwa
brothers. I needed to ensure my family's warriors were never used as stepping stones for Edward's am
was the clean taste of a slate wiped bare. I would kneel here until the Queen opened her doors. I would use her anger
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