ldin
y. There was no weeping, no sentimental hesitation. The grief
a hard drive containing every piece of proprietary code I had ever written for Garza Enterprises. Everything else-
ll. It was from our third anniversary, taken on a yacht in the Mediterran
en, slid open the trash compartment, and dropped it in. The sound of shattering glass was
ght on my finger. I opened my laptop and connected to a private, encrypted network-a Carroll
a name: K
ere ruthlessly efficient. Kenzie wasn't from any notable Lycan family. She was a second-rate model from a back
te. The father's name was listed as "Unknown." The date of birth was seven months ago. Darrien had only known her for si
a mess. A biologi
le, attached it to an email, and sent it to my personal
essed in a crisp business suit, ready to go to the office and pretend last
y annoyance cr
oice dripping with condescension. He took a step toward me, trying to use his Al
d emptiness in my eyes seemed to startle h
structed my legal team to file an emergency injunction. They're freezing all major
m confusion to pu
is voice echoing in the large, em
uments, holding forty percent of the original technology patents. You can't bui
, his face twisted in a
him easily. His movements were cl
ink running away to some new Alpha will solve your pro
handle of my suitcase and walked toward the door. H
felt a strange tremor run through me, a faint, internal vibration. It was my inner
he curb. The door opened before I reached it, and a man in a severe black suit stepped out
ful murmur. He took the suitcase from my ha
ar pulled away from the curb, I looked back at the glea
a sense of finality washing o
as a blur of motion and memory. The city skyline receded, re
, her silver hair styled perfectly, her posture radiating an aristocratic authority that could make kings t
h you," she said, her onl
, where a thick file lay on
ing, Cedric York, needs a Luna of a respectable bloodline to stabilize his political stand
proposal. A cold, calculated exchange of assets and
ntil the engagement is publicly announced, I retain the right to perso
ther's eyes. "I expected nothing less. Cedric is expe
n-suite bathroom and turned the shower on, as cold as it would go. I stood under the icy spray un
sh dresses of my past, I found what I was looking for. A black,
oment, I stared at the faint, silvery lines on my hands, the marks of my firs
a bold, crimson lipstick. A color Darrien had always
my phone buzzed. A new message f
Blue Note,
It didn't
as not the girl who had left this house. She was no
ll. And she was
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