a P
ite of antiseptic and
ass. I forced my eyes open agai
's awake!" A so
issue at dry eyes. Fake-crying. Jaxon stood beside my
e," he said firmly, but his gaze neve
ast Jaxon, I spotted a
," I c
Jaxon snatched it from his hands and leaned o
wave of nausea so visceral I had to turn my face away. I grabbed the cup fro
, releasing her Omega pheromones-that sweet
now you're angry that the Alpha chose me during his heat. But please-I beg
at Faye with absolute stillness, my hands r
, waiting for the all-clear to leave. Let them think what they wan
lence clearly unnerved him more th
d quickly, her act faltering under my c
itched. He wanted
I said
eyes. The bond was broken on my end, but he could still fe
're my fated mate. The only Luna of this pack. Faye is just
was using the mate bond as a cage-trying t
, Jaxon," I whispered. The last shred of hope I
ually thought I was submitting. "Goo
lled my phone from the bedside drawer.
pp and typed a single line to
oon Pack vault room. Two
aye, alone in the vault, rubbing a dark liquid from a small vial
ecting her lies. It was refusi
single message: You wanted the truth. H
d at the ceiling. One battle w
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