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Pittm
second-floor corridor of the Hurley estate and
t his pheromones leak inside the manor. Tonight, his cedar-and-arctic-fros
the silver tray until the cu
in the doorway, the scene
ack shirt unbuttoned at the throat. Dannielle Pittman sat cur
of his neck. His hand rested against her waist, his t
near his jaw, and caught his open col
s family heirloom, the one he'd pressed into my hand ten yea
a breathless, syrupy purr that made my stomach turn. "Please...
g her eyes even as she pressed closer. "Ayleen would be
o me," Kia
tender warmth I had never once heard directed
right
visible hand had gripped it a
Katharina Pittman, was dabbing at the co
ith calculated grief. "She held you through your Rut in that cave shelter. Cut her own scent gland to
offer a wor
face near the curve of her neck as his cedar scent surged h
nded in the mountains, his Rut spiraling out of control. He believed Dannielle was the girl wh
to my hand, unable to make out my face. By the time he fully regained consciou
ountainside. I had pressed herbs against his wounds and endured the burns from his uncon
at his side. For seven years, she'd told him the pendant was lost. After steali
, she was his first love, and I was merely the scentle
had served faithful
ht, enduring his freezing indifference while secretly adding measured do
r. The medication delivered it directly into his system; I never had
ster who wore m
e heavy oak
gainst the stopper, echoing like
t the floor, putting every
ain mug shattered against the parquet floor, splaeople in th
lue eyes narrowing with immediate, razo
ms like a terrified fawn while clutching the b
feet, pointing an accu
rina shrieked. "Can't you see your siste
screaming wo
istocratic face, searching for a single
was
sgust reserved for a stray dog t
t," Kia
re flat, dea
Alpha dominance pressure, designed to force any
ld have collapsed
not
my right hand to t
VII matte black suppression collar-the highest
ic
severing every trace of external pheromone intake and locd over me like wind a
sh of surprise flickering through his p
s attention back to soothing th
smile curled the
f hope in my che
not
shed a s
steady enough to make him look back
jagged shards of porcelain and walked
crossed the cold hardwood floor, and pulled
s, I drew out the manila envelope I had
ed my fou
d the nib to the bottom of the page and
the curtains, the bold black letters of
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