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athing while the truth settled inside my chest. Three months. They had been sleeping together for three months. How ma

and I swallowed hard

door flew op

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uggling to pull his shirt

reached for my arm

r me

nothing

er purse sitting on a nearby table. Without thinking twice, I picked it up and threw i

away f

didn't want to hear his excuses or another explanation for

doors open without knocking and found Alpha Mitchell Moore sitting be

them l

ing of this?" my

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if I'd heard him co

our voi

was sleeping

azel. I

n that there had been a misunderstanding. Nobody did. My father simply returned his a

ong?"

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ong, F

patiently. "

own father had known about the affair, and he

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strongest warriors. The pack has invested years i

nderstand what that had to do wi

lf. She's a suita

cussing my relationship as though he w

abou

, but his though

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no fut

my throat. "Then why d

darkened. "Wa

everything you've asked. I've stayed quiet when Diana insulted me, endured Jessica's cruelty, and accepted being tre

I didn't want to cry in front of him, but t

able. "Don't be dramatic, Haz

rd her. "Stay

re she could respond, my father s

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across the desk. The silver wax seal immediately caught my attentio

ood crest?"

else you need to kn

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wh

expression made my stomach twist. "Alph

fore turning back

ally invited to att

hen why are y

on the desk. "Because you

ought I had misund

ed six potential brides.

ck, a powerful Alpha whose name alone was enough to frighten other Alphas. People called him the

reportedly gon

returne

he'll kill he

y ans

nce was already telling me everything I needed t

too valua

ghtened. "An

to be interested in something on the table. Neither of the

es, we lo

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d his head. "Wh

o. I'm no

d cold. "Hazel, this

on't

ely hear anything else. My father rose from his chair, and the

ard

ld move, one grabbed my right arm while the other seized my lef

r, you can

ke

ursed but didn't release me. I twisted my body, tr

figh

off

m. He shouted in pain, and his grip loosened immediately. I stumbled backward, nearl

struck the ba

he room tilted violently. I reached for the desk, but my fi

d as I heard som

ady before morning,

ift my head.

come closer or even look down at me. Instea

problem is t

ars before the darknes

ve me, and for several seconds, I couldn't remember where I was. Then everything came

I noticed the luxurious bedroom, the expensive furniture, and the thick curtai

gown lay acr

reach for it, t

d, looking at me without a

cautiously.

be guiding you throu

opped. "Today

unlight streaming through the curtai

re a

kwood

shed myself off the bed. "N

ympathy. "Your father has already c

believe how easily she said

s Moore. Alpha Lucas doesn't

g in front of me. My father hadn't simply abandoned me. He had delive