t of whispers and stares. Zane trailed behind Elara, his

e, wood-paneled room. "Why would you throw away fi

d a black, credit-chip embedded card across the polished mahogany. It was her personal trust

le, took the card and swiped it through th

nked on the machine.

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ined from her face, leavin

rson had the authority to i

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behind he

box in his hand. He looked from the blinking red light to Ela

he purred, his voice a low, mocking dr

ho had followed him in and was now be

ed clerk. "The cost of the

pinning her in place. "Consider it a gift. A

e final, crushi

he was buying her own act of defiance for her, turning her rebellion into a pathetic act of his charity. He was brand

undiluted rage sho

The words were choked in her t

leave, her pri

rm in a grip of steel. The sparks that had once prom

ainst her ear, his voice a veno

, this alliance... it owns us bo

fled, not walking, but escaping. Eac

cked face. Zane stood beside him, looking away, a flicker of discomfort on his face. Then Kade walked up to them, said something with

r pressing into her back. The breath she was holding burst from her lungs in a silent, ragged

t. Complete

ing for a cruel Alpha a

se from the ashes of her heart. It was her wolf. And it

no longer a scream, but a cold, deadly whisper. *Let's

traightened her black dress. She wiped the moist

ak was gone. All that remained

swift, precise movements, typing a message to t

om Nightshade. And Father... effective immediately, seve

hit

r had