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er manicured hands shovi
lamming painfully into the edge of a heavy oak dresser. I bit my li
aternal panic. She glared at me over her shoulder, her eyes wide and venomous. "Who let this str
my chest, shivering as the residual cold of X
o Xylon, and then down at me sitting on the floor. His dark eyes were
uickly m
ugh the tension. He turned to the lead doctor. "Ta
o his Beta. "Kael. Escort Miss Vance to
locking
legs shaking, and followed Kael out
rs toward the east wing, we passed a set of h
have taken a shortcut through th
ized her voice from the Pack broadcasts. "The Bennett girl calmed Xylon's seizure. Perhaps the Moon Goddess is t
but he didn't force me to move.
th a fierce, stubborn loyalty that made my chest ache. "I am
ing the floor. "You are obsessing over a ghost! A namele
s not
ugh the crack
uit and pulled out a small, silver-framed phot
voice dropping to a low, desperate w
angle, but the reality of his words
eone from five years ago. A w
this mystery woman. He lost her. So, he took Meredith as a substitute
wn in a house full of
r, hollow feeling settling in my stom
the massive bed. My head was pounding. The Siphon magic always
t my bedroom d
owly, and the little girl in the
She walked over to the bed, her big blue eyes
ered. "Thank you for
pple, offering her a tired sm
ing the fabric of her dress. "Meredi
"Lying ab
d you hurt him. But you didn't. And Meredith Mommy never helps Xylon
"perfect" mother ran aw
telling me, Xyl
apple in my hand. Something was very, very wrong in this
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