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ree days' time. My room became a revolving door of servants and tailors, measurin

stock, I mind-linked Chloe, my tone dripping with bitter sarca

l voice full of sympathy. Maybe it won't be a

r swung open and a team of people in sharp, designer unifor

h a polite, practiced bow. "A delivery fr

nd even in my state of

with what looked like thousands of tiny, shimmering diamonds that caught the light and scattered it like

in my throat. The old man was trying to buy my

e, appeared in my doorway. Her eyes widened at the sig

stroke the delicate fabric. "It's gorgeous. But sister, you're marryi

yes's new Luna. But in her mind, I was being handed to a dying old Alpha who would never treasure me, never defend me, never care whethe

uldn't stand the thought of me owning some

t tou

d her hand away before her f

hands off my prop

are? You're nothing but a sacrifice to appease a dy

nited a wicked spark in the ashes of my despair. I coul

r silk robe, her perfect hair, the smug little s

lle. You finally got what you always wanted-my fiancé, my positi

ile fa

ftovers makes you a queen, you'd better

he has... the one he hides behind expensive healers and even more e

I had intended to take to my grave. Julian Hayes, the proud Alpha

face. She stared at me, her mout

sed, but there was no c

o touchy whenever someone mentions stamina. Or don't. Maybe wait

creeping through the cr

u fought so hard for him. It would be tragic if

or and uncertainty. For the first time, she looked truly afraid. She

e mind-linked, a note of

d over the cool, diamond-studded fabric of the gown. It didn't feel

ien

manager arrived that evening,

lf, her expression a mask of cold, beautiful defiance. I could feel her hatred,

ngs were

r eyes that she tried so hard to conceal.

the empty room. "Soon you will learn t