's
lief. Danita, his meek, broken mate whom he had relegat
his arm free. He pushed his Alpha command into the
. Her eyes, once dull with sorrow, now blazed with a fire I hadn
d, her voice quiet but unwavering. "Yo
eacemaker. "Aunt Danita, please
old, so sharp, that Heidi physically r
e falling apart, decided to add more fuel to t
degenerate! She offered her body to me if I w
future mate. My father looked as if he was about to have a stroke. This wa
ds me, his powerful presence a suffocating wave.
voice a low, dangerous rumb
ield me, her body a frail but deter
acial stare without flinching. I gave my mother a qu
seen in me before. She hesitated, then took a half-step bac
ion of guilt. I could see the sat
d, a strange note of... disappointment? in his
y voice was clear and steady, cu
is flushed, sweaty face to the dirt clinging to his knees, to the tremblin
ad. "Is that supposed to be the believable part? Did the G
ed through the clearing. Preston's
dagger?" I continued, my smile turning colder
direct gaze but puffed out
you, tried to ravish you, stole a sacred dagger, attacked you with it,
ious accusation. So you should have no trouble
t the reaction of a guilty party.
d. A flicker of uneas
... you met me here. You threw yourself at me! When I pus
story. "The dagger," I repeated. "You m
clutched the replica to her c
one!" Preston c
slow step towards him, my m
u, that we struggled, and that the dagger was dropped on the ground. Such
ng the question
s sharp as the blade itself. "Can you please tell our Alp
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