He Chose Glass Over His Diamond Luna

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mit was a display of

venison, and the overwhelming, musk-heavy scent of fifty different Alp

ed in

re a gown of midnight blue velvet, heavy and regal. Around my neck hung the De Luca family heirlooms

y husband treated me like furniture, the blood

a," a deep v

action, bowed low over my hand. He ignored the emp

Antoine said, his eyes lingering on the e

y broken, Antoine. I'

I took a glass of sparklin

smelled it. Sy

sn't wearing white tonight. She was wearing gold. It was flashy,

ved me

n her face suggested she held a knife,

e-a sleek ebony stick I used for my hea

a?" I asked. "Is your

, her voice dropping the sweet act. "Fre

knew about the bugs? No, she

e talking about," I said

led a phone out of her clutch. "Becaus

screen and shov

shot in low light. It

was

on the floor, sweating, my hair ma

r bodies demand a mate to breed. It strips away logic and leaves only raw, achin

aching out to the pers

oice broken and desperate. "Alessandro...

ndro laughed. Not now, Kat

phone back. Sh

the perfect Luna, begging like a common bitch in heat.

from my face. My h

spered. "That is... that is

s a crime in the old laws. It was

to me the first night we slept together. Said he wa

podium tonight. You announce that your health is failing

insane,"

, tapping her watch. "Or I send t

ith a group of Betas, holding a drink. He looked ov

k

tting it happen.

eartbreak anymore. It was the

hook off her slumber. She threw back her head and let o

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