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iskey-soaked blur. I woke up to blinding New York sunli
ian cotton. I looked down and realized I was drowning in a crisp, white men's button-down shirt. Panic seized my throat. I scanned t
ss. What
hips. The sheer force of his Alpha aura-a suffocating, heavy blend of sharp cedarwood, a raging rainstorm, and rich Cuban tob
stammered, my voice trembling as I instinctively backed away. "Last night. The alcohol
e predatory stillness radiating from him made my breath hitch. He closed the distance between us with slow, lethal grace. I retr
rom me. Slowly, he tilte
k. A claiming mark. *My* bite mark. A fragmented memory hit me like a freight train-the overwhelm
gerous, gravelly whisper that vi
screaming in absolute terror. "I can go to a pharmac
o a deeply primal werewolf bond was the most insulting, pathetic thing he had ever heard. Without another word,
y heart hammering
er and tossed it across the marble. It slid, s
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AKING ACQUISITION.* Below the bold text was a high-definition photo of the
Black
d-blooded predator. But in our world... *Blackwood* was a name whispered only in absolute terror. He wasn't just
e a child's game. I, a defective, wolfless outcast,
hilling, calculated emptiness. He set the mug down, reached into the pock
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