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nlight, but by the sharp buzz of my ph

myself

more like a tomb: huge, cold, empty

riend in the pack and also a divorce attorney deali

ed it off back then, chalking it up to her seeing too many ugly endi

rcus probably wanted to bite your head off last night,"

ching temples. "Sadly, yes. I'm still h

st. "Sera, you've got to leave him. He's parading around publicly with M

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usiness trip" of his was really just

. Pain radiated from the mark on the back of my

your sluttiest heels and your fuck-you dress. We're hunting for a m

es, I once again saw Se

ished it back o

I might

ck's most upscale, glitte

d open a bottle of whiskey. The amber liqui

dress, like living fire. I stood out in the wo

toward me with an exaggerated frown. "You loo

rn in my throat matched the ache in my chest. "

head around it," Victoria said,

utside your dorm for three hours just to hand you some random wildflowers you liked. And those weren't even expen

Maybe that's just how things work-Alphas are wired to possess and dominate. Once he

ces around us. "The Moon Goddess gave us the mate bond to keep werewolves strong. I'd bet anythi

aria, your bond with Marcus is done for. You should sleep with Sebastian. I swear, the second that news gets out, Marcus will jump off whatever

resistibly tempting. I pictured those ridiculously broad shoulders

I shook

My voice was r

y n

ed, eyes closing as their gentle,

on't taint that. I don't even know what really happens when a mate breaks the bond... maybe nothing,

ak me more tha

me into a tight hug. "I'm sorry,

." I patted h

et go, worry etched in her face. "Once you're unb

can't drag you guys into this, Victoria. Marc

h him, maybe even scare him a little... Sebast

ediately. No. That man's on a

almost like saying it made it more real. "Twenty-four days, and I'll be fr

toria grinned, lifting her gl

hoed, clinking my

one-filled laughter from a nearby boo

k me, she looked like she was begging to g

er for a spin. If I were him, I wouldn't stop at dan

und as fuck, bouncing with every step. I'd pay good mon

an

clenched around her glass so tigh

er back

slightly. Then I smiled-cold and

drink, and started walking towar

diately. Laughter st

st made that comment? David, heir to the Alpha of a

er an Alpha's mate, especially Marcu

rs. My eyes locked straight on D

asked, my voice quiet but sharp, every wo

ed. "Seraphina-no, Luna-I s

ell, I took it seriously. Since you're such a

One of his buddies nudged him, and he snapped

pointed to the top-tier item with

tle of rare, ridiculously exp

card to pay, then made a sh

n't t

d it in my hand-then, right in front of every

ac

ith bone, and the thud ran

d down David's stunned face

ond, the bar we

he sound raw and animalistic. H

lengthening in a blink, sha

roared, swiping for m

just as his strike came down, spinni

straight into a

cle, unmovi

ooded my senses, wiping out the stin

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