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lamming painfully into the edge of a heavy oak dresser. I bit my li

aternal panic. She glared at me over her shoulder, her eyes wide and venomous. "Who let this str

my chest, shivering as the residual cold of X

o Xylon, and then down at me sitting on the floor. His dark eyes were

uickly m

ugh the tension. He turned to the lead doctor. "Ta

o his Beta. "Kael. Escort Miss Vance to

locking

legs shaking, and followed Kael out

rs toward the east wing, we passed a set of h

have taken a shortcut through th

ized her voice from the Pack broadcasts. "The Bennett girl calmed Xylon's seizure. Perhaps the Moon Goddess is t

but he didn't force me to move.

th a fierce, stubborn loyalty that made my chest ache. "I am

ing the floor. "You are obsessing over a ghost! A namele

s not

ugh the crack

uit and pulled out a small, silver-framed phot

voice dropping to a low, desperate w

angle, but the reality of his words

eone from five years ago. A w

this mystery woman. He lost her. So, he took Meredith as a substitute

wn in a house full of

r, hollow feeling settling in my stom

the massive bed. My head was pounding. The Siphon magic always

t my bedroom d

owly, and the little girl in the

She walked over to the bed, her big blue eyes

ered. "Thank you for

pple, offering her a tired sm

ing the fabric of her dress. "Meredi

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d you hurt him. But you didn't. And Meredith Mommy never helps Xylon

"perfect" mother ran aw

telling me, Xyl

apple in my hand. Something was very, very wrong in this