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a P
oth, untouched. The steaks were cold. The Cabernet was uno
anniversary. And Vance hadn't
was supposed to connect mated wolves. Nothing. A flat, dead silence where his presence should have be
p my phone
ing. Vo
n. And again. Seven time
ipped my hand and said, "Find someone, little wolf. Settle down. Let us see you safe before we go." So I had settled. I had ma
litary was releasing their remains to family. All
eenth call
come with me tomorrow morning. It's my
ivate event. You call, call, call, like some desperate little barnacle glued to a man's hull. Do you have zero ability to f
. Dea
cked the number. Checked it
Maybe his phone was in he
ning. Then I texted my lawyer: "Prepare di
cadets roared "Duty, Honor, Country!" I held the wooden urn to my chest and wal
notification. Caroline Le h
each club in the Hamptons. Fo
rested on the small of her back. Her head tilted against his shoulder. His friends cheered around them. A beach party. He'd been here the whole time.
ind my ribs. The wolf my parents had
Hamptons. The Sho
t like a shield. The party was in full swing-music, champagne, laughter. Vance
an
ied. "Cora? What the h
riend answered instead and called me a barnacle." My voice w
ollowed him to the beach. Seriously, Taylor, don't you have a community college exam to fail? No job, no skills, no ped
ted her head with a pitying smile. "Cora, sweetie. A woman should be self-suffici
ine still staining her lips. At Vance's h
with another woman's husband at a beach party while his wife collects her dead parents'
Color flooded her c
Not at me.
sand with a crack. The lid split. A plume of fine grey ash puffed into th
n the sand like cigaret
ld went
en years of combat reflex, and my palm connected with
up at me, mouth agape, a red ha
ng down, my voice a blade wrap
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