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lief. Danita, his meek, broken mate whom he had relegat

his arm free. He pushed his Alpha command into the

. Her eyes, once dull with sorrow, now blazed with a fire I hadn

d, her voice quiet but unwavering. "Yo

eacemaker. "Aunt Danita, please

old, so sharp, that Heidi physically r

e falling apart, decided to add more fuel to t

degenerate! She offered her body to me if I w

future mate. My father looked as if he was about to have a stroke. This wa

ds me, his powerful presence a suffocating wave.

voice a low, dangerous rumb

ield me, her body a frail but deter

acial stare without flinching. I gave my mother a qu

seen in me before. She hesitated, then took a half-step bac

ion of guilt. I could see the sat

d, a strange note of... disappointment? in his

y voice was clear and steady, cu

is flushed, sweaty face to the dirt clinging to his knees, to the tremblin

ad. "Is that supposed to be the believable part? Did the G

ed through the clearing. Preston's

dagger?" I continued, my smile turning colder

direct gaze but puffed out

you, tried to ravish you, stole a sacred dagger, attacked you with it,

ious accusation. So you should have no trouble

t the reaction of a guilty party.

d. A flicker of uneas

... you met me here. You threw yourself at me! When I pus

story. "The dagger," I repeated. "You m

clutched the replica to her c

one!" Preston c

slow step towards him, my m

u, that we struggled, and that the dagger was dropped on the ground. Such

ng the question

s sharp as the blade itself. "Can you please tell our Alp