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ll had never

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collar of his ceremonial cloak. Power rolled off him in visible waves, heavy enough to make

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ue L

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no

ry stepped onto the platform. S

of Blackwood," he boomed, "we gather today to witness the a

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ed to face

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yes w

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her lungs h

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bond inside her throbbed painfully, confused, torn, as if

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hree

he sealed himself

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tiffly. "You are summo

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dais felt like walking

nst her skin. She kept her eyes lowered, heart poun

of the platform, Elder C

said slowly. "An omega

er," she

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s clenched a

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into suffoca

was

had prayed wo

roat c

hook. "I felt t

t through

stif

nhaled

rowed. "You claim the A

t too big. To

were th

r chin despite the terror r

expl

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aiming the

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ped forwar

quieted i

teps, stopping jus

er, dominance, command it crushed her senses

ped low. "You

art cr

whispered. "Y

econd, his co

on hardened into

enough for all to hear. "You are an omega. I am the

struck l

r throat, but she

ie about this,"

speak again,"

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seized

c su

pl

turned

like

side, placing a posses

sage wa

made hi

was n

l, the last thing Ivy saw was G

he felt was her bond

slammed shut behind her, Ivy

attered in a sin

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liat

a single, unb

e wall, clutching her chest

p inside, her

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br

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her life, Ivy felt somet

ing an

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