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aid, Martha, covered from head to toe in filth and stinking of the stab
iquid sloshed over my fingers, the pain a distant pi
of this?" I shrieke
y. She blubbered out the whole story-the dress in the trash
ears. When she described the dress being calle
I fell..." Martha wailed, ges
eed, rushed to my side. "My lady, pleas
heaving. "That bitch! That wolfless whore
l. It shattered into a thousand pieces, the sound doing nothing to quell the
fear. "My lady, perhaps this was a mistake.
You think I made a mistake? Are you calling
't mean..." Ivy stam
e, for the humiliation that was choking me. I snat
ed as I lu
mpled to the floor without another sound, a dark pool of blood spread
. She stared, her eyes wide with
ps. The act of violence had cooled my immediate rag
tha, my voice a dead, cold whi
ugly expression. This is your fault, Seraphina. This is just the begi
EON
shut the door on me was burned into my mind. The memory of her powerful Alpha scent, a scent I had been blind to for ye
w the state I was in, and a flicker of annoyance crosse
like this," she said softly. "You
re Alpha whose chosen mate can ne
eyes filled with tears. "Is the title that impo
ce. I sighed, pushing the gla
. "Then prove it. Prove that you are not defeat
ere would only invite more humil
st go. We must show them that we are not hiding in shame.
se. Hiding would only confirm my weakness. I had to face
esolve hardening inside
roke into a tr
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