BLOODBOUND MOON
nd the second their skin touched, a wave of
sn't
es tensed beneath her fingertips. It was deeper, something
mate
s breath
ld her not t
underst
h his teeth. Those red eyes flicked to hers burnin
d you,"
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roared i
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across her pulse, slow
swallo
was dangerous. She need
d
of her refu
ly released her, his body still
d before she co
lenched.
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he was wrong. H
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was
wanted this, even as her
nto fists. No. She would
thing else-anything else. The bodies of the hunte
und in his back darkening his shirt. H
till standing?
laugh. "You thi
on flaring. "Yes, actually.
n him, he looked amu
owled. Unb
orn idiot, let him. She wasn't about t
th and squared her s
linked.
while let me see your wounds so I can know which leaves to use for it. So unle
in his expression-
owly, he
over his back. His shirt was torn, the deep
have been
been weak, ba
here like a damn
be dead,"
uiet. "I can't
hesitated. "Beca
pa
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mach ti
ile, but no one knew the full truth.
But a cursed Blood Alp
. so was thi
he edge of the wound,
rk of energy b
sharply. W
stirring inside her. The second her palm pressed against his
tire body
eath c
tting together, muscle mending, skin closing.
er hand back
und wa
ple
filled the spa
heaved. "What th
ad slowly, his eyes
en-he
mething knowing. S
ing," he
s stomac
e. She wasn't a healer-she had neve
didn't loo
just found the missi
clenched. "What
"I was about to ask
ep, low whisper curling
her whole life
ld her that was
Blood Moon, Celeste had
ne was never let