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the celebratory bonfires burn do
ys of dawn touche
he pale woman staring back, at the
d not
na of the Bl
betrayed me, I would
my silver-white hair into a tight,
t a mask of composure
quiet as I steppe
elebration was gone, but the air was
dining hall when I
xs
; the dark stubble on
cated storm of emotion
but I walked past him without
e need t
mmand echoed
ever the disg
ha; I couldn't blo
, building an icy wall aro
it would muffle his words and
oft, sharp soun
y mental
, then anger, cr
the dini
ed table, Julianne
next to the A
sea
stood, her face arranged
, Dawn. Did y
I turned to the servant standing nearby. "Mov
s eyes widen
at Jaxson, who had jus
ozen with
s smile f
antly, a perfect pictur
to. I just wanted to
de, placing a protectiv
ared
t. Julianne m
nger," I stated calmly, my eyes loc
in the room drop
voice cut thro
her sit whe
trained me herself and whose authority in this pack was
her expression severe as her shar
e understood the impor
ened, but he defer
awn is ove
at is not an overreaction," Eleanor said, her voice quiet but filled with indisp
s face we
to Jaxson
nwavering gaze, Jaxs
the servant, who scurri
to a seat on his othe
ble, eating my breakfast with practice
's burning stare on
d in suffocat
with my napkin an
t go. We ha
k again, a note of pleadi
t didn't tu
, making his voice a distant,
the dining hall witho
t beneath it, there was so
mall, cold
ay to the p
off
ere I manage
hed the door o
gage into the small suite adjoining my study-the
bringing her
vade the space meant
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