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lyn
ns bit into the ra
red with torchlight, illuminating a se
re, until
anson. The Alpha Apparent. The future king. The gown she wore, a c
s honeyed poison, carried on the wind. "Your
up to me, contempt twisti
t a stepping stone. A placeholder. Did you really believe someone like me could ever want someone like you?" He let out a short, c
t sounds, meaningless against the grinding pain i
ray
was a quiet, hollow numbness that spread fr
You were so busy planning your perfect little ceremony, you never even noticed him slipping into my bed every night." She tilted her head, mock
e blow that shatt
d my throat. It wasn't a scream. I
low before Beckham. "Your Highness, Alpha
napped up
owder poisoning, Your Highness. He drank
ray eyes always watching from the shadows of the court. He was Beckham's greate
riddance! He was a stain on this court-limping aroun
ored. He didn't even look at me as he said it
tring
arrow whistled
was absolute, wiping away all thought, all feeling. My body
I di
en form lie discarded in the dirt. The crowd began to scream, not in cele
shape burst through
large, too monstrous. It moved
Killian. He
he limp that had defined him was gone. His every
He was a Lycan. Th
of claws and teeth. He tore through the guards who had chai
eautiful gown tangling around her legs, and she crawled through the dirt like the coward she was. Bec
idn't fol
directly t
st, a sound of such profound agony that it vibrated through my spectral form. He shi
s. Blood-tinged tears streamed down his fac
t through a connection that flared to lif
you for so lo
o me. Mate. I was his mate. The silent, crippled
nd howled. It was a sound of pure, undiluted gr
t my still chest where the arrow protruded. Without
dy con
voice a ragged whisper that only
body instinctively curling around
ng, like a mother's embrace. A voice echoed in t
ld. Go and
nd my world disso
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