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er's

und me blurred

tight with frustration. "Alpha, did you hear what I

ned h

t important. Not because the

ething far worse

was run

told me

That's all yo

e mate I had spent ce

lose my strength. My

taring at the fire cr

ssed the 1,000-year mark. But ever since the elders warn

mber was getting

pressed against my

eede

uttered to Jaxon,

rustration, but he said

m, stepping out

ever brought me any sol

s that walked among them. Their problems were nothin

eir world fa

I could exist without

den of who I was

ake a drive. To

s about to leave,

ed at th

le

unger

rough the speaker, slightly

" I said, changing direc

ith pack affairs in another region. His presenc

within minutes, parking ou

my phone r

lec said. "A friend picked

ply, irritated.

away when the passe

harply, mus

there, she di

ply star

ked familiar, but I couldn't

ckered with recognition as i

ay a word, she slammed

reating form disap

s... une

idn't dw

away from the cur

ded a

lit, filled with the sc

he farthest booth,

es and lingering glances. I ignored her

to drink until t

the ticking cl

o matter how much I fo

second glass when the nois

houts. Laughter t

gnore it, but

A group of men surround

wom

ms limp as one of the men grabbed h

about her w

The girl fro

rubbing m

my pr

bed her wrist, twisting it ha

me snapped a

ent, I was in

neering, eyes fill

hem said, smirking. "T

nd then, I b

r, and I turned to the woman. She was swaying, barely conscious

arp, electric jolt shot through me, s

Ma

rl, this human couldn't be my mate. It wasn't possible. I had searched

runk. Vu

woman fate had

e was warm. Soft. And the moment sh

et me. Instead, her arms looped around my neck, and b

ly. Des

waiting for this mo

I hated to adm