se
ed on a deep crimson tablecloth, and the stern portraits of past Alphas glared down
used
Clink.
silver fork against a crystal goblet. The sharp, grating
jaw was tight, his Inner Wolf, *Titan*, clear
stop," I said, keeping
t even looking up from his plate.
ed hand over Jace's arm. She offered me a condescending smile. "It t
y, Alpha Jace. It is blatant disrespec
ing. But before he could unleash his temper on me, Leo, emboldened by his mother's defense and the Alpha's sil
in my stomach. I stood
n ice-cold the second I stepped inside. Leo was standing on his tiptoes, reach
nts. The only piece of my soul that hadn't been
a sharp, Alpha-Luna edge bleeding
fiant sneer. "It's old and ugly! Uncle Jace is th
" I lunge
bove his head and hurled i
sickening crash. The black-and-white photo of my parents fl
e swallowed
Leo burst into theat
the boy into her chest. She glared at me with venomous
gressive, suffocating protectiveness-but none of it was for me. He rushed
e broken glass, desperately trying to salvage the torn photograph. A sharp shard sliced
ld like that?" Jace's voice c
ruined photo to my chest.
emained entirely devoid of empathy. "Stop overreacting, Elys
sical blow. He didn't just dismiss
nued, his tone hardening into an Alp
to kneel and apologize to his mistress's b
e years. The last, pathetic thread of my hope sn
ped from my lips, h
three of them, and walked out of the room. I climbed the stairs to my
-suite bathroom, turned on the faucet, and thrust my bleeding
picked up my encrypt
void of any emotion. "Do it. Tomorrow. I don't care
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