His Discarded Luna, the Rival's Obsession

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s Alpha Sebasti

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said. "If they get access before the other Pa

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him tonight

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hanged out of her clean-room suit, and co

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used the private suite for late business meetings, and sometimes he slept there when he claimed H

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. The hallway was quiet, thick with expensive carpet and soft yellow w

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cent could be. It was the scent she had fallen asleep beside for

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of light spilled through the gap, and with it came

a Sebasti

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tly in Eira's grip. She

thin blade of amusement underneath. "If you love me, why did you let that

t laugh. He used it when he wanted someone to f

I be?" Se

t the softness made it worse. "I needed a Luna. The elders wanted the positi

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all sound of dis

the house, handles Pack accounts, keeps my mother from turning every

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spoke again, her voice had lost its tea

the room. "When the time is right

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d years ago might still affect his body. He said he did not want to hurt her. She had believed him because she wanted to believe

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ena's neck. His nose brushed her skin, and his expression changed in a way E

murmured. "Your s

into him. "The

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s. "Because she still serves a purpose. Give her a little attention, and she'l

ned around the folder

he had imagined placing it on Alpha Sebastian's desk and watching pride fin

she heard

ed her completely. Then

Serena's hands on his shirt, the kiss that followed, the way he whispered her name like a vow. Eira recorded until her soul felt far away f

topped the

aking a sound. The doors closed around he

steel, her refle

like a stranger

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Eira's face. She did not cry. Tears

the National Research Institute.

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of my mate's affair. I want the bond ended and my name

ling or prot

el. Sebastian must not learn

"That process

oked up at Hale Tower. "Get his signature

and walked away w