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en's

her voice wavering and pl

I spun around, anger bubbling up, but the si

who stumbled forward with palpable relief, clut

ed to cover herself. Without a second look, she

ers, anger simmering

g a drink, ice clinking as it hit the glass

, shutting the

ce calm but with a quiet undertone of judg

, feeling its burn settle, though it did little to ease the i

ence. He was the only one who cou

But he knew how to push just enoug

eady, "that your pack was attacked las

er than intended, but I forced a smirk, deflecting the tens

nda again. She won't stop, Noleen

, a cold smile tugging at my lips. "Let h

to ask further. We both understood there were things

ere for another

ly wasted time, but something was dif

quietly. "You need an heir. Someone to

ir? I'd avoided that idea for years, yet now it

h bitterness. "What do you suggest? You know none of the sh

y gaze, un

re else. A place where the curse

yet... something in it held a strang

. The idea of letting anyone that close - of sharing my life, even tempo

ctly would I f

s tone calm, but his gaze held a

he women there aren't

ring me, disdain flic

I repeated in

pha." H

ather a child wi

y gaze,

" Adel replied, steady, his jaw

t now; he was challenging me,

struck harder than

ed, voice low

, but inclined h

tween us, acknowledging the line he

er. Just long enough to secure an heir. Af

his words dared me to de

just long enough to serve my purpose, then letting her go once she'd

is could mean the survival of my pack, one less weakness f

inued, his voice now calm, his usual edge absent. "

e. My mind raced. A bride. An heir. The pack's future. It all

old smile curving my lips. "F

ard the door. Just before leaving, he glanced back, something

gaze, un

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nda'

announced, voice low and reverb

s slouched, a hint of fear rippling

g her here," I replied, a grin tugging a

s he remained bowed. "Alpha Noleen

before he could react. My fury must have been e

but forceful enough to make him flinch. "If Nolee

apple bobbing. "I won't

sing him with a wave. "Now go. A

ing shut behind him, but

pale and streaked with dried blood. He droppe

ice strained, body hunched under th

g me in place. "What did you just s

," he repeated,

d over me like a wave, and under the grief, anger simmered, growing hott

icy, deliberate, brimming

ssly, but we managed to capture one," Morris said, desperation clear in his

yes, calculatin

clenched

me to