The Forsaken Luna: The Alpha Redemption

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what was left of the

ging my knees to my chest. Every bran

nimal, muscles taut, blood d

andage that,"

pt glancing toward the woods like he ex

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help me," I whispe

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yes. "After everything-you chose Ast

aw tightene

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ed himself more than anything. "I let pride blind me. I believed the lies

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d him. Should have

felt was a deep

from all of them," I

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his feet, draggi

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r leader-snarled and

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