Alpha's Forgotten Wife

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dn't k

didn't rememb

fiancé's-hand. She felt his gaze move to hers, fi

voice f

t move. Didn't bli

embered nightmare. Her heartbeat quickened. A whisper brushed the edges o

e before she c

stepping back sl

ep forward, blocking part of her from view. "You'

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idn't rem

feel th

the child she'

lowly, voice rough like gravel dr

flicker of confusion passing ov

acked like thunder

rough the villag

leven months. She was found unconscious by the riverbank-barely breathing. No

heart p

adn't

surv

k because... she couldn

he said, his voice lowe

velyn, waiting f

hesi

ion that she didn't understand, and a deep-rooted fea

kiss on her temple before walking a few pace

ped forwa

didn'

ches a predator-not with terr

ng features. A scar down his jaw. Shoulders broad enough to carry

member me," h

k her he

. Alpha of Blackriver Pack. Y

rily. Just... gently. "

his fists. "Yo

ed, eyes wide

irth. I-I held her in your arms. That night.

ing her head slowly, panic flaring beh

n mate," Kade snapped

flin

yes, inhaled sh

she whispered

s. Even her laugh. Your wolf-" he pau

nce the accident. The healer said my

w clenche

of the bond. If her wolf was dormant, sh

w do you convince someone they belong to y

you were terrible at it. You slept curled up like a fox and got cold without five blankets. You l

ared at h

shifted in

ch. An echo of a movement s

that feels like somethin

ited in

otective and calm. "That's enoug

didn'

away-back to the healer's hut, back to her quie

howled in

by the riverbank where she'd

beside him, arms cross

ke my li

emember. And she's

ed. "He's not h

eyebrow. "You

rply. "I never

ke her. She ran because she felt unloved. And

er of my child,

t still.

is voice cracked. "And now... there's no trace of the child

was s

our daughter is. But I know Evelyn's the key to fi

he healer

ared at t

ack looked like her-bu

lips. Her eyes

ghtly, revealing a faint scar over

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