THE RISE OF A WORTHLESS OMEGA: Rescued By Three Alphas

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through my shirt. The smell is all over me. Students com

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it anyway. He turns

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m. "How do yo

urning back. Leaving me standing in the corridor

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handle. Students glance in my direction and nudge t

and snatch the card from Jade's h

er. Caius. Zane. Ryker. Moving the way they always move - like the whol

ered students, past the

looks back. Once they're gone, the whis

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en minutes, approaching with a kind o

ear her because the hallway goe

I can turn on my own. Next thing, the back of her palm comes

edges. My knees hit the floo

tely, blood gushing out

ius Voss. How dare you!" She screams. "You think tha

the hall. Past the group of students who were

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lead. "It was

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en more humilia

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the dress, let alone return it. I put it on and

simple but stunning dress is re

the day. And you will learn to stay away

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