The Ragpicker Mate He Cast Aside

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alt water st

ainted in the hues of three howls under

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growl rumble

blood t

Wh

oons at q

plucked two hairs from the pup's scalp. Before

's snarl crackled

rn the pup, or I'l

Try me after the pup

ce shattered t

s to be your mother.

and my breath caught in my throat. There, starin

beacon of kindness in Peter's storm of cruelty, k

mit

d. "Lila! If Peter's crossed you, I'll ri

instincts in full force, until a healer

to nu

lean

Stop st

ng the pup's

of something unreadable flashing in her eye

eft, I call

e of everything I held dear. I needed proof of his tryst with Freya

eya's bond to Peter, choos

to be playing a cr

barely echoed when Eden

Thornfield lunged

k cozying up to my dam s

r a moon blood test. I'll se

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!" Eden's h

ourse he

her with a s

hy else hide in t

bolt, but Ede

bs to bear your pup, and

th others first!" Peter ye

ls summoned ot

k judges you!"