ce
users and a soft cashmere sweater. Changing into them felt like shedding a skin. I wa
the silent and efficient Leo. It moved through the night like a
sat beside me, his profile st
My voice was steady, cleare
, his grey eyes wa
was it. This was my chance
ship. An alliance. I am not your possession. I will no
tched in my hand. "The apartment is... generous.
h word, "I need to work. I need my own money, my o
esolve, "there will be honesty between us. No more secrets. No more lies." I
finished, a slow, genuine smile spread across his face. It tr
he sai
Authorize Ms. Green for access to
et mounted on the dashboard. He then passed the tablet back to
onded mates are held in common. It is as much yours as it is mine. Use it to
ver, ever hurt you. But there are things... things about me, about my situation, that I cannot tell you. N
for patience. For trust. After a day of nothing but decei
owly. "Okay
d garage of a sleek, modern skyscr
entrance to a VIP office wher
polished desk. "Once signed and witnessed, your scents will be permanently linked i
unbreakable. It superseded almost any other Pack law or decree. Once this was filed, not
op of blood from each of our fingertips. The drops mingled under a glass slide, and a screen on the d
clerk handed us an official certificate
fully inside the leather folder. A for
f relief washed over me. It was done. It was real. I was no longer Grace Green, the u
e in my expression. "Feelin
ded.
oice gentle. "Now, let
at him,
his tone deceptively mild. "It's time you col
ve mother, Debra Green and her daughter Kloe, of stepping back into
cause he reached out and covered it w
his voice a low promise. "
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