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shattered t

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sappeared into the corridor, his l

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blade into Kieran's heart before the curse could take hold. But something in t

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burning with restrained fury. His hands were curled into fi

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t could even

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ril of shadow slashed through the space where she had stood. A deep goug

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throat, lifting him off the ground effortlessly. His legs kic

toying

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turning in his mind, pie

and he'd ask th

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tated. Just

r lips. "Are you always this paranoid, Alpha? Or

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