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phin
he oven, the heat seeping through my thick oven mit
s the eighth anniversary of the mating contract binding me to Julian Carlisle, the
nt aura inside me. To everyone in the Manhattan pack hierarchy, I was a genetic defect-a wolfless house
rs preferred the Mind-Link to phones because it was instantaneous and could not be hacked. Yet the moment
barrier shut, refusing to let even a fraction of my emotions touch
hone rang for a long time before the ca
message appeared o
to the throbbing vein between my eyebrows. Turning toward the floor-to-ceiling windows, I
d son, Finn. A child with strong Alpha blood should have kno
minute before someone answered, and the gentle swell of a live vi
our dad?" I kept my v
a sugary, breathless la
using a seven-year-old's watc
. She was the cherished heiress of the Sterling family and Julian's childhood sweet
e until my knuckles turned white. "
dinner, and Finn is busy begging me to cut his
our anniversary, my husband had taken ou
ly. "Auntie Chloe, ignore that boring woman! She doesn't ev
cause my aura was sealed, even my own son looked down on me as less than human. My
lice. "A pup's instincts never lie. He needs a powerful, purebloo
I tasted iron, refusing to plead the way I
patient voice came through the receiver. "What? I'
tonight
ou ever do is nag me! I wi
he phone from my ear and watche
ld, the fat coating it in a waxy white film. I walked over t
ond of hesita
ece sliced across my bare calf, drawing a thin bead of blood, yet I felt nothing at all. The
crolled to the contact labele
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