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shock bloom on

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imagined I would fi

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ng, jealousy, a mes

the one thing he thought I che

this?" he growled, a hin

pack's household, its finances, its supplies, and the welfare of all its members. It's a full-time job, J

es and notes. "Since Julianne is your 'chosen mate, ' it only s

trap and pushed it ri

w Jul

vine, would be utterly incapable of ha

turned a dar

, he knew

s was more complex than run

e snapped, trying to regain

voice sharp. "Since you have broken that fundamental co

ace for any sign of weakness, a

und n

s a deep, f

was a

's incompetence would be

an he brought home was not worthy of the Luna tit

ff, the air in the s

is pride that made t

, admit that the woman

he keys from the desk as if

e without you? I'll show you. This p

triumph pierced t

k the

of luck, Alpha Fisher." I gave

, leaving him with his rage and the

, I forced mysel

nly the fi

ked down at the training grounds whe

their supplies, their well-b

I was

dom had cost

he Mate Bond, could feel Jaxson's em

there was a thread of something I had

e mind-link completel

a moment

my strength for th

nal attendant, Daisy,

reported directly to the Alpha... or to the pe

eyes wide with shock, bu

nodded ob

, Lu

worry and injust

yone in this pack wa

d through the servants'

irst card I

h and see if the new woman had

r me, but it was overshadowed b

ialed a number I hadn't ca

ways warned me that the Fishers we

their honor wo

ghed it o

is wisdom-and h

ed sup

om outside

my father knew what