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edan was conveniently pulling up near the exit. Thinking he was just a building

Delgado house. Thanking the driver, I hugged the two

swallowed hard to push down the sour bile rising in my thr

led past my temple and shat

It took you all night

ke a rabid dog, her han

ed the two heavy takeout boxes

ce flat as I backed away. "I bought this with my part-

embossed gold logos on the boxes. She ripped the lids off, and the r

ze narrowed, scanning me up and down like a searchl

ave me her leftovers," I lied without blinking, my fingers

ed to the tailored men's suit

coat?" She reached

arply, my voice d

y. If you don't want the food, I'll thr

t, Brenda immediately hunched ov

! Get back to your storage ro

storage closet, locked the latch, and sank against the wall.

ll Cummings would never let me walk away with his chi

neath. Inside lay two thousand dollars in cash-every cent I had secretly s

violent pounding shook my door, accompa

our clothes right now! A huge bles

to my old canvas backpack, I cracked the d

bills. Slouched on our threadbare sofa was Guy Odonnell-a bloated, sleazy low-rank Alpha

my bare ankles up to my throat

with a face and body this clean, she's worth the fi

grand? A mat

he table, my hands and feet turning

oney to her chest, the wrinkle

paid five hundred thousand dollars for your mating rights