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fated mates, meant to rule
ing ceremony, his warriors dragge
there with a cold smile, clut
ating table, piercing my lower
pless body, his cruel sm
he whispered. "I only need your hidden W
essly drain
xtraction caused massive tissue rejection
hile I choked on my own blood and
, I was filled with
ed use a fake magical b
ed the perfect, loving mother, eagerly
ck to two years ago, right befo
th Lilian's fake, affectionate voice
wouldn't be t
ir monstrous crimes to th
pte
oe
perating table still bit a
gers clawing at the thic
as drenched in a
he thick needles pie
of silver poison spreading through m
old, mocking voice echoing in my ea
thing I saw, and whispered that our sacred mate bond was n
never l
n my bone marrow to sa
ed at the stark white pla
rough the blinds, casting long,
s al
had granted me
ears ago, right before I f
d out of the Silver Moon Pack territor
ightstand, vibrating vio
d with a name that m
li
tepm
n, my inner wolf grow
nd pressed it to my ear
n. "Your father's death anniversary is coming up. He told me to
l manipulation, I felt a familiar, int
a heavy sluggishness forcing its way into my brain, t
orce a mental connecti
o me... her voice echo
lls shut, severing the
loneliness like an open book and used it to guide me straight into
er's name again," I said
rom my ear, the tinny, false pleadings from the receiver muffled and
e monolith of glass and steel w
down on my de
tiously slit it open; inside, nestled against a sta
Wolf
as just a rare,
it was a de
flower during our fake Marking ceremony, cla
ed the toxic trap th
r by the stem, feelin
e trash can under my desk,
r?" a voice asked fr
coworker and a
rank in our society, known for th
were not easily crushed by th
s is more dangerous than a rabid Rogue. Have you noticed a
ut Julian was a hunter who could wear a bespoke suit and, without a f
r down to the lobby to grab
out of the glass do
ain-soaked pine needl
de my heart race, my blood boil, a
he five senses triggered during
oved fragrance of rain-soaked pine stung my nostrils l
was parked illeg
ndow rolled d
p, resonant vo
seat, his tailored suit perfect
ic cadence, a frequency designed to resonate with
spine, but my hatred easily
t?" I asked, kee
the car, flashing a ge
smoothly. "I was hoping I could buy you a cup of
same psychological hook
oomer, struggling to co
tempt. "I know you used your Pack's resources to d
pils contra
slipped, revealing the calc
returning as he pulled a sleek
olf diseases," he said, holding th
t take t
cked. "Last lifetime, you used a Pack gather
and froze
s flared, his brow furro
he repeated, hi
p of the tongue,
d and his gentle facad
the air around him gr
turned hard and demanding. "She needs a bone marrow t
, letting his Alpha a
oice echoing with the Alpha's Command. "You
an absolute la
voice that forced lower-
mega instincts screamed at
at the joints of my fingers turned a sickly, bloodles
s pierce my spine while the man I loved watched with
ver Moon Pack's personal blood bank,
ed in shock as I re
ce twisted into
spat, trying to guilt-trip me. "Knowing
my back
and walked back into
is SUV, staring after me with an expression I had never seen in my past life-not anger, not frustration, but genuine, bewildered shock
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