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ey's
, look
It sliced through the fog in my head just
iling. The air was thick with champagne and expensive perfume, men in sha
Seraphina Beaumo
lamped around my wrist. Long, t
rm, up a tailored black suit
ood Moon pack. My fated mate. The
ctually happened. I was b
n's voice was dangerously quiet, a storm barely co
e sat on my ton
ly to fall into a trap. In the end, my blood staine
not to watch, their eyes dar
icker of triumph in her wide, innocent eyes before sh
, denied his claims, called him a possessive monster.
ap, the pressure immense. But this ti
wave of agony and regret crashing inside me. I saw the flick
ow. His grip loosened, just for a fraction of a sec
running to my supposed lover. I didn't take a step back. I took one for
around his waist from behind. I pressed my cheek against the hard muscle of his
-a statue of
ng into stunned silence. This
the powerful, earthy aroma that was uniquely his. Undernea
scent, the bitter leaves I chewed to hide my wolfless state-but beneath them, a new fragrance was s
ask of disbelief, her
it. "I'm sorry, Keaton." Tears I hadn't known were there began to
t feel against my cheek. But his human side, his rational mind, was reeling. He didn't push me a
back begin to soften. My de
e warmth and safety I had thrown away so carelessly be
nged. The glee was gone, replaced by confusion and
ched her fists. Her carefully staged drama had just be
my face for the lie, the trick. He saw only my tears and the pure,
e. "Hailey, what ga
face. "No games. Only the truth. I almost made the s
ty and a joy he was trying desperately to suppress. He raised o
re made Allegra's face t
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