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ubside. I was in my assigned quarters, a simple but comfortable room

ock came

om the archives. He was holding a stack of hi

s voice gentle. "Thought you might w

ul. "You're a lifesaver. Come in, please.

dden, inexplicable chill washed over me. The hairs on my arms stood on end. It felt like I was bein

ing breath but filled with a volcanic rag

are

the empty room. "Did you

ow furrowed in confusion. "No. Are y

l, as if a connection inside me had been violently ripped apart. A strangled

, grabbing my arm to s

dull, throbbing ache and a profound sense of loss

n he had just forged through the mate bond had been... tainted. He had reached out, only to b

th a primal, possessive fury.

om her, her conversation with that other male, had been

g he could n

nocked from the corner of his desk by the forc

not welcome a faithless, tainted

strous black dire wolf, its silver eyes burning with rage and humiliation. He launched himself toward the fore

stic roar echoed through the woo