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years

. The heavy, polluted air of the city hit my lungs, laced with the fa

nd adjusted my oversized sunglasses. My fingers bru

for twenty years was gone. It had vanished a year ago, melting

It altered my very biology, masking my old, fragile Omega scent of sa

ey threw out into the freezing rain. I was fo

P pick-up lane, my stilettos clicki

Miss

voice tried to b

in a chauffeur's uniform. Rufus Sullivan. My father's driver. He was the only per

attering shock. His gaze darted from my confident posture to my

look him in the eye. I didn't shrink aw

ripped the car door. "You're back. Thank th

ps. Alpha Warren Bennett didn't miss his daughter.

t a small, folded piece of glossy paper slippe

. The grainy black-and-white im

ng in shock. I snatched the photo out of mid-air before his fingers could even brush it,

my voice smooth as silk but carrying a blade of authorit

s waiting. The Alpha instructed me t

s leather back seat, cro

the highway. "You're here for the severance ceremony, aren't you, Miss? Roderick is the Gam

cted the old Elara to shatter

n my lips. "Good for them, Rufus. Trash a

dening in the mirror. He realized t

ere five years ago. I wasn't here to mourn a broken mate bond. I was here to legally sever my p

tt estate. The towering stone mansion used to look imposing

flection. Ice-blue eyes, flawless porcelain s

ginning, and I was h

ry my luggage. I walked up the massive stone steps, the sheer weight of my new au

s open myself, the loud thud e

lf-sister Nora. They were dressed impeccably, their chins raised high, waitin

ed to sne

hoking. Nora's jaw practically unhinged, her eyes bugging out of her head, turning a sick, vibrant shade of green with instant, visceral j

e door. I looked at the people who had destroyed my life, feeling nothing

oing in the dead, stunned silence of the hall. "I heard the Bennett