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my temples as a vicious headac

gainst the wall. Meredith marched in, thro

ed with anger. "Why did you let that Bennett bitch touch my son?

lowered my hands and stared at her, le

but she raised her chin defiantly. "I am the

dly against the floor. I walked a

rously soft. "Let's not forget the arran

wed hard, her hand flying up to clut

air between us. "We tried for months. The Pack doctors said your

ame lie she had clung to for five years. "They appeared on our doorstep when

n you are still standing in my house, playing the role of the Luna.

l warning in my eyes, and snapped her jaw shut. S

twisting the heavy silve

ince that rainy night in the alley behind the Obsidian Den,

he violent, electric shock that tore through my veins when I touched h

k emergency, intending to come back and claim her properly. By the t

ting for a gho

uit jacket pulled m

beside my desk, looking up at m

incess?" I asked, knee

ing her hands around my ea

ll

who came today. She sang a song, and magic came out of

od ran

gi

Xyla?" I asked,

ith Mommy didn't do anything.

into the Pack mind-link, projecti

all the security footage from Xylon'

s voice echoed in

ter, my com

from the corner of the ceiling. I watched th

ed Elara drop

in on h

aint, shimmering silver mist seeped from her skin, sinking into my son's body. I wa

caught in

ndard Omega cal

s a S

ed illness and pain. The magic the Counc

ed Omega. She was hiding a secret that co

a dangerous curiosity igniting in my