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a's
mate chea
brida
y wedding dress while
he mate-matching system. Every soulbond should come with a thirty-day return policy. No s
ing in that fitting room, Jasper
breathless little gasps leaking through it. Cedar and gardenia rolled
d, "does this dress look bett
n. Shame the one an
etter on a corpse than on her. At least a corpse knows how
d with pleasure. "I can't bring myself to pull out of yo
swallowed down the
ly satisfied with h
er forget me. Every bonding anniversary from here on out,
wl, hurling itself against the walls of my mind. It wanted to tear through that curtain and rip out both their throats.
fully on board
ta and an alpha mid-act, would be front-page news in New York by
ALPHA CHEATING - TIME TO AB
for the cameras and murmur, "She just loves me too much,"
happ
I could not survive a broken h
, Jasper's wolf woke the same moment mine did. He tracked my scent straight to me, t
rassingly move
gorgeous Alpha whispering promises under the moon is basically a heavily f
nk his teeth into the back of my neck in front of the community and the Moon Goddess,
hadn't gott
ed to book a priest, a surgeon, and possib
lways coming home doused in scent blockers. I'd thought he just didn't want other werewolve
rayed me. Because the question had no point. He hadn't cheated because I did something w
walked out, g
ad been togeth
ter, air conditioner died every summer. We couldn't even afford a secretary. I took every client call; he closed every deal.
us up as an example to young werewolves who refused to settle down. In their eyes, Jasper and I had the
Ale never bough
f Jasper had alw
d a rap sheet that would get Damage Control
in human shape. For seven years she'd been flagging every red flag while I was bus
still open on the
xx family won't send anyone either. We won't call an Alp
y eyes stung, though m
ecide. The we
he chat, vanished, flickered again. Af
ny, your property, and that
sage followe
watch him take you apart piece by piece. I love you, but I'm do
ery
way. When I started the car, I saw the
, a smile sweet and harmless enough to belong to exactly the kind of girl who could sleep w
my car. I hit the gas and left the two
ive without my money. Money, at least, h
er's seat and called my lawyer. Before long, familiar footsteps s
somew
ket onto the passenge
, a slice of solid chest on display. Nothing on him but the clean,
ugh c
might actually believe he'd just come from a board m
down to kiss me. I pressed a han
way fr
ing to finally registe
upset
t down the cause, generous with the reassuran
miled. "
look away. If anything, that made him smile. He pulled me in by the waist and let
lpha - who u
I just felt like I'd been hugged
The weddi
nt cold with it, carrying the flattening weight that co
that
someone repeat themselves will s
e been so busy lately, there didn't seem to be much point
or myself? It's for JD Group. For our future. Our kids deserve the best start there
apology. It's conjuring up unborn children just to draft them into guilt-tripping me. Those kid
chain restaurant. No matter which branch you
free and walke
month to handle things here. In a month, I'd go home
ty, and one Alpha too confident to
rned on the tap. Before lo
my shoulder. "Work's been insane. I know I've been neglecting you. Starting now, I
r curling around me, trying - the way he had a t
the two of us
t on a beach at sunset. I looked pale, shadows under my eyes, ser
bother,
a soft, saccharine lov
I heard it on TikTok practically every day. J
ur song as my special ringtone too. He'd said his phone always went off in board m
ally the issue. The real issue was that
one, glanced at the
m ca
ct name clearly
3
I watched him through the mirror. "Telem
auto-s
you are, and apparently configures itself without you to
ked. He did
rang aga
nd of persistence, put toward job applications, could proba
e pitched low. The bond was too badly jammed by suppressants for me to catch the voice on the
a person reacts
e hung up and tu
go handle it. Don't wait up - get some rest.
t was nearly flawless. "Say hi to your spam cal
e, like he was trying to ga
he grabbed his jacke
stairs did I take out my phone and type tha
ning rel
ns "I l
. Three words
he screen for
osed the search page, opened a real-estate
to keep anything behind - including the Alpha who'd onc
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