Abandoned, I Married My Mate's Greatest Rival

A'S

ash drive free and closed the folder. By the time Cassian Voss stepped inside,

ling hands, and the hospital gown beneath the fli

eutral. "What are you doing here?

y face into a blank mask. "Hospitals are

eated the words slowl

rd his bookshelf. "The ones I

iced my books, never cared about anything that mattered to me.

," I added, keeping my voice lig

moved toward his desk, his gaze sweeping

. "Talk a

He glanced down, and I saw her

br

the phone and slipping it into his pock

about the bo

It's pack business,

though it didn't reach

need to get back to the hospit

ughed. He was ushering me o

the door. "Don't let me keep

y pulling out his phone, his th

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e flash drive secure in my pocket. My legs were shaking and my wo

one and scrolled t

t years ago after a pack summit, where I'd watched him from across the room. He was the mo

would have been te

ll past

ered over th

e's the Alpha of Bloodmoon Pack. He c

Cassian. And that was

h and pressed

d on the s

ugh the phone, I could feel the weight of his presence. He sounde

lowed. "Luna of the

rumbled through the l

orrected. "Soon to

s enemy?" he snarled. "You should know better tha

ied myself. "I'm sorry, Al

d and humorless. "What could

oice to stay steady despite the tremor in my hands. "Evi

le

evoted wife like you would ha

e knew what a fool

ury show in my voice, "you'd be surpris

uld almost hear him weighing my

perfect as it looks." His voice so

k a b

rry

use

said before I could lose my nerve. "And I'

aybe even laugh at the audacity of a broken, battered Luna

rrow with this eviden

stopped.

be wai

ne wen

ands, my heart pounding so ha

t said no, either, and that was

the driver the address of

nces. I had to make Cassian believe I was

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d shared with Cassian for five years. The lights were off

ok

gainst the cold pavement. The smell grew st

d at the sight

s-years of work, years of dreams, years of everyt

spered. "No

e heat was unbearable and the smoke thick and choking, but

ld reach, dragging it away from the flames. Fire seared

lutching the half-burn

hter coming from

na were laughing

ed wrist throbbing and f

lasses of wine in their hands, Sabrin

as syrupy sweet. "We were

p the burned canvas.

panding the studio. Sabrina needs a proper

My voice cut through the ro

ued as if I hadn't spoken. "Sabrina will take the maste

ce into a mask of concern. "I know this

walked out

edroom, her heels clicking

he said, dropping the pretense. "

was what he'd wanted

pen the closet and started

snapped. "Look at

n the screen were intimate photos of her an

inside m

o couldn't satisfy me even when he tried? Cassian Voss is a mediocre wolf with an inferiority complex. He married

ent pale. "What

, Sabrina. And when this all comes crashing down,

opropyl alcohol from the n

oser. "Then why are

hol over my burned w

ucking

skin and into my bones. I shoved her away hard, and she

's daughter, sto

a's side, her eyes blazing

no!" Sabri

asha grabbed the bottle

e liquid splashed into m

flying to my face as my vision blurred thro