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er still clung

nt. Not her ski

defi

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ead?She

King of Red Hollow bears no Queen. Why the bond that should've

refused me, challenged me, bit me before

er image from every scroll, ev

ng doesn

when the tether still throbs in the marrow of my bones, refusing

's stirring

nks she

her

ldiers limped back to the gate. Bloodied. Sha

sent something f

m the shadows, cloak d

to come willi

I murmured, risi

"Shall I send mor

ned.

linc

your throat out the way she did Darius's, would you beg for mercy

dn't

n't ne

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the thing a

long to

reeked of swe

table. My kingdom fr

rders disobeyed. Packs q

use she

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ddamn

as never ju

r Alphas

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to ta

to watch

ever get

will reach

this

n't wa

later, I

ust me and the scent trail stil

with ash, pine, blood.But the bond

straight to a tavern that ree

knock.Did

e door off

nside scattered lik

ept

, glass in hand, looking at me like I wa

the King of all she

n she use

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," she said, sipping. "T

rd, the room wa

throat out for th

wly, leaned a

you'll still smell

That

her against the wall and reminding her why s

ybe s

epped

was faint. Not heat

bite of winter.Like ever

she whispered. "Just to p

d for he

dn't f

ed, not to chok

ath my thumb like a wild

ft me,"

d me," she

ared

feare

thick it could've t

been my Queen,

ght be," sh

not sure the crown is w

o the wall befor

eath h

er like a

ck like a

gue. Bruis

sed as desire. Or mayb

, blood trickled f

t your heat,

"Good. Because I w

t you burn my king

don't think, you

e shackled

her home and broke

I di

still something

ssed

body. The fig

d at me, she saw the monster I t

hen sh

n n

like smoke, walking toward

," she said. "Your thro

tar

tu

n, it'll

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to take h

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by