Rejecting the Alpha Who Used My Womb

through the study door, hands shaking as I sink into

then I'm gone-cutting loose from a l

Adrian and Ivy's third birthday. My twins, sticky with frosting, perched on my lap, their small hands tangled in my hair

their grins gap-toothed and bright. And Charles. he stood behind us, his palm w

and the me

der look he had when he persuaded me

b and a she-cub," he murmured

you. I couldn't bear to see you suffer like that.

m, hook, line

my throat morning till night, when my belly swelled so big it felt like I was carrying years of weight instead of months, I didn't mind a bit.

bled love into my pups. "Mommy'

them a Favalon tutor-then the slow rot

around and charm me with sw

re just young, tha

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hat warm family bon

s, my hands moving fast. I'm about to shut down the

forgot to log out of some secret

and my sto

l about

very file, eve

been feeding Adrian and Ivy lies, telling them

rrounded by his closest packmates, all to welcome Colette ba

ou justice, they make you look like you're wr

at everything. I love you so much!" Iv

doesn't s

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push you," Adrian says,

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ace blank, not giving

reeze,

, stepping closer to brush

ll hu

but I'm not

ose same hands held Colette's waist. My st

's face

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gotten pregnant. We took precautions. What's w

would split your attention. Adr

lling me toward the

plinters, jagged shards slicing into my already battered

h me, but Charles d

nce before, when

, ready to welc

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ough hell last

ou suffer again.

they didn't want a sibling, and I gav

f to care for me, his

ur twin pups.

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hits me-he never fret

bs, once they bonded with Colette

d for their full devotio