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voice low and primal the mome

r. She flinched, her body reactin

t word stir something inside me since the Moon Goddess had taken and given nothing in return. Ye

An O

at on her skin. Her hands clutched her sides, breath shaky, eyes wide-not in awe, but

. The wooden floor gr

tively, her back pressing a

lifted, yet the air thickened, pressing her backward until her knees hit the be

didn't beg just looked at me with those wide, vulnerable eyes. I had meant to

temptation, to hold myself back.

are, and I followed suit, undressing quickly. My body ached with the need to touch her, to claim her. I place

barely able to hold ba

an escaping her lips. She's too tight, too warm, I thought, my body trembling from the intense heat between us

e rule and gripped he

eper. She didn't scream. There were

hadn't felt in centuries. The beast inside me snarled

her moans desperate and high-pitched. I s

it gently. She gasped, bracing herself

rted in shock, in pleasure. I drove deeper, harder. E

ough to feel her pulse beneath my fingertips. I didn't pull away. Instead, she reached

a sharp, dizzying release t

arms, her eyes dazed. The heat between us lingered, but my mind quickly

dered, my voic

ake sense. "Go?" she repeated, her voice barely

The power I had once controlled so easily slipped fr

e figure retreating toward the door. She hesitated only once before leavi

r retreating footsteps echoing in my ears,

taste of regret bitter on my tongue. But the curse had kept me from touching

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from those of the other women who had entered the King's chambers couldn't believe their eyes when they

oups, sharing their theories a

ne whispered, voice trembling with c

e came out. There was no ash, no smoke. She wasn't burnt. She looked..." The maid trailed off

ed. "How did he let her survive? The curse

bolder than the others, turned to look at the Kin

she asked, her voice trembling. "I

yes. She had heard the rumors, the whispers, and now, standing the

s a threat to Lady Nora . She could no longer hold the Kin

uation. She couldn't afford to let this Omega live. If she wanted to keep the King's heart and his

he Omega never had the ch