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s the threshold. The red welt on my wrist burned. A sharp cram

hose bloodline had ruled this region for six generations. If I kept struggling

inner beast before

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dn't yell. I didn't pull away. I reached up with trembling fingers, pushed my dark hair over my left s

's step

nant wolf register the surrender. The violent pressure of

esperate tears. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have ap

onds of

reaked as h

y gland where his teeth had scraped months ag

't you, Daphne?" he murmured. The ice was gone, r

he pressed down-if he sank his fangs in now-he'd complete

d one more agonizing second, then

butler near the archway. "Butler, bring m

. "What? That is m

ce you've developed a sudden interest in running north, I'll supervise yo

owed. "Right

submission hadn't won my freedom. It had inv

d, looking down at me with disdain. "G

hauled myself up. My legs felt l

oal-wool suit jacket was already draped across the foot of my bed, filling