Abandoned substitute Luna: The Designer Queen's Mysterious Return

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ched in my hand. Each step on the plush runner felt like wading through mud

ite down the hall, I heard voi

ed out. "Caspian, don't be so hard on yo

loor. The blood in my

e some business matters? Then why is there

ack in the door. My bre

posture uncharacteristically weary. The moonlight outside

as none other than the woman in the phot

e she had every right to touch him. Her amber wolf eyes glowed softly in th

loving concern, her scent - that unmistakable she-wolf

to the cold

nd I saw something in his ice-blue eyes I had neve

and came up and covered hers against his chest, a

, nuzzling into the crook of his neck, inh

vely. A low rumble vibrated in his chest - not a growl of war

this , I

re were no busine

is first love back to our home without telling me, sharing inti

eturned with a vengeance, my s

ad gone out of me, drained by the revelation in the binder and n

e a rabbit barring its

at the door. He tried the

other side,slammed into my mind like a

ture of fear and a new, unfamiliar defiance. My hand flew

esource, snapped.The lock gave

m hallway light. His ice-blue eyes glowed with a feral light,

skey and Seraphina's perfume, a nauseat

e room, "dropping that news like a calculated wea

whisper. "What was I supposed to do? Congra

t. His face hardened into a mask of cold fury, his canines elongating slightly in a flash of predatory a

w me onto the bed. The force of it knocked the wind out o

inance designed to force submission from any lesser wolf. I felt weak, dizzy, my body and ear

close to." he hissed, "Now,You are carrying my heir, it's time y

xpose the vulnerable column of my neck. "Tonight, I'm giving

bsolute, seized eve

. I can't... I don't f

challenge to his authority, and an Alpha could not be challenged in

raw and desperate, the howl

gnor

e bond that would chain me to him forever, a pain unlik

t, involuntary spasm. A strangled cry

entire frame. He pulled back slightly, his eyes narr

gs, soaking through the thin silk of my nightgow

ark stain rapidly spreading across the

g dark. The pain was a roaring ocean, pul

ury was gone, replaced by a flicker of something I couldn't name. Shock? Confus

atter.It wa