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y head the moment my f

y mind. I knew he hated it every time I did that and would

tered trees at the edge of the

e Alpha'

ayed with rocks, their tiny heads snapping toward me - exc

arts and brains of naughty pups

ad just spoken. She couldn't have

th slow, deliberate steps. Their wide, round eyes fo

sachet filled with sweet

moved my cap, letting my long silvery-white hair spill

you lik

ful sweets into my palm, holding it ou

tant - unsure whether this wa

ard, her small hands snatching a handful o

her lead, carefully sniffing the cand

time they slowly warmed up to me. The little gi

it so

fed on snow when I

orused, fascinat

oar, what

n on face and hurried steps as if she had been looking all over for them. T

se forgive them," she murmured, kee

covering my hair

come at the wrong

to my skin like damp smoke and was beginning to unsettle the pups. I watched as

my direction toward the bar. A few hands waved nervously in

g time with that fact that my presence would always stir fear, n

ha Night purely out of spite. I was already going to be

bar, a den overflowing with debauchery and sin, while I manage

when I

attacking one of t

te, but I never forg

han I could count - those with swollen muscle

s already in a very sour mo

my energy on him, I wen

asking, mo

his face as his hand released th

his, watching with suppressed glee hi

, make sure you have th

hrum of his heart beneath my grip, before releasing it abru

ing violently, before

ago, had now descended into complete

walked out, my expres

t he would need seve

utes to bring your sc

oice slipped into my mi

ence, not that he had much of it to start with. I've known this man for twenty-s

Conrad, who follow

o catc

lent like a cloud quickl

and made my way toward th

ed inside - and instantly

dy breath, I mental

o bowed respectfully but witho

the black-coated mahogan

it before I

g that my face only carried mild irritation. Not too

even before my eyes adjusted t

here

n glistened with sweat as he powerfully thrust

er neck, forcing her still as

antly, a slow, satisfied

, love. And

he bed, crossing one leg over the other as I removed my cap.

was my life as t

e asked, even wh