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f fury tightening in my gut. Kaelen and Gemma

al

, untouchable. Utter

as the Alpha heir, and I had been completely bl

e soft. "Cassian, don't be angry. Avalon is just l

m inside the bedroom. It was

er Luna, she's not

shoved the door ope

n the bed, her face a terrifying shade of blu

thing kept it at bay: a complex herbal remedy provided by a specialist healer,

stand. The small, dark

ared at Agnes. "Why

.. Miss Avalon never sent it. I went to ask, but her maid Clara

al

as her retaliation. It wasn't just about money an

brow with a cloth, her face a picture of concer

"Cassian..." she wheezed, her eyes wild with pain.

pain, broke something inside me. For the first

oom and sprinted to

e door open. It slammed aga

st as she had been, looki

the room and grabbed her by the colla

ce inches from hers. "My mother'

ok scared. She just stared at me with

e medicine!

uires a significant payment. And as of today, the pack's finances are m

t right bac

dn't have the money. The

like ice. "You were the one who made a choice, Alpha. You chose to cast me and eve

my rage, leaving only the chi

ing Avalon's face. I was only just beg

. I turned and walked out

's chambers, Kaelen was stan

sion wa

, my voice hard. "Do whatever it takes to sta