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na
, my mother-in-law murmured, her voice a sickly sweet p
fixed on the co
ck house were like a swarm of insects, buzzing just
ded, her tone dripping with disdain. "That Grant wretch.
n't r
skin there was smooth, the mark a pale silver against my skin. They saw weakness. They saw a wolfless Omega,
care ab
n was a delicate clockwork mechanism, and every tick
wed by the roar of an engine and the eruption o
back!" some
They smoothed their expensive gowns, preening like vultures preparing for a feast. T
rs swun
black uniform, the Eagle medal pinned to his chest gleaming under the chandelier li
't flutter. I
ne in my chest. A stone
for a fraction of a second, a flicker of contempt in their depths, before m
awning mother. He didn't wal
the open car door
he cheering sputtered and di
merged, draped in a white dress that screamed innoc
rve of her lips, and tucked he
laced with shock and scandal. Brenda and Camille's practice
dissecting that woman
ll to her belly that the cut of the dress couldn't quite conceal. As she moved,
n, I ca
lf's. Beneath the cloying scent of her perfume, I detected something else. A faint, almost imper
final piece of inf
. His voice boomed with false pride. "I want you all to meet Alexa Acevedo. A
hit the room like
gleeful, scornful-swung to me. I was the centerpie
y, then a dawning, calculating understanding. A smile, shar
elight. She shot me a triumphant, gloating look
re glistening with unshed tears, a perfect performance of a woman
as a mixture of supreme arrogance and impatience, a silent comm
id not scream. I d
rgotten corner, and lifted m
no pain, no heartbreak. Only a profound, bottomless col
my lips and took a small sip, as if I were
than any outburst. He took a step forward, his Alpha aur
as alre
eaning towards my two attendants, Celeste and Sienna, wh
uld get
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