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oner," another vo

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," Darius

ane added. "Therefore, it'

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aid. "Hav

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elpfully. "Yeah, I heard. These w

cy to look slightly

not exactly Alpha mate material. But can you please take your existential crisis somewh

ticularly humiliate

xcellent

th something that might ha

figure out how to work the bathtub in there because it has more knobs than an

en a smile. It was hard to tell because

e morning," Kieran said, like he

id, and shut the d

r footsteps retreating befo

to be harder

on stopping the Demon King from the shadows like I alway

m pulling out the pins. I had dark circles under my eyes because I'd been up until three

d my reflection. Or maybe I was

lso unsurprising

o several uncomfortable positions to reach the buttons. Whoever in

was hot and there were about fifteen different bottles of things that smelled nice. I

in a robe that was softer than anything I'd ever to

ad known that the Blood Moon would choose someone

ing Void beasts for months now, watching them get bigger and more fre

ough. I had sources. Information networks. I knew thi

it myself. Quietly and efficient

lphas who were supposed to help me save the kingdom, and

ted la

p it. It was j

e Alpha mates to save everyone. The one woman who'd been doing it alone

jected me without even knowi

" I told th

this incredibly comfortable bed and enjoy the fact that for once

through the window, p

ss, I could feel the Void s

it w

r problems

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ntu