The Billionaire's Forbidden Mate

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her bones. They were close, too close. The scent of blood and wet fur

run

pered inside

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early collapsing on the other side. She pressed a hand to her

ot here. D

ad of two. But Layla was too weak. Her bones still ached from

ing against her skin. The night air was thick with the scent o

hrough the fore

hoked o

ered to no one. "Pl

ckered through the trees like stars fallen to earth. Layla pus

the city, the

oise. Car

isk exposing

hair as she sprinte

es crashed through t

ent so hard she cried out. The sudden brightness blinded her. Streetlig

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the road like a wild animal. She didn't stop to e

yla collapsed against the cold brick wall, her breaths sharp and shallow. She pressed a

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napped b

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n anything she had heard tonight. She whipped around, her e

ma

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le

f the streetlight, and for a sec

striking man s

sted with stubble. Dark hair pushed back in a clean, effortless swee

omeone carved fr

irectly at her, his

Not danger. Not safety. Something e

ent silent. Co

t pounde

ooth, controlled. The kind of voice that

arted, but no

couldn't involve a human. Not with blood o

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flin

ou," he said, s

t panicking either. It was... reactin

ser

through Layla's m

never spoke

like fire. He studied her carefully, his brow tightening

vision

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orward and col

ouched, a burning shock

gasped, grab

sharply, gripp

wasn'

across their skin like a spa

ed in horror. Layla

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as h

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uldn't ha

r skin, pulsing in the sa

g at the glowing imprint on h

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d away, shak

Her voice cracked. "Th

ide her, a desperat

a

up. "No. This is wrong. You're

forward, confus

what you

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