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like needles, p
cross my lips. The rogues surrounding me reeked of decay and filth, a stench so thick irime, tore through t
o darkness, but the last threads of my consciousness still cl
woman who had vanished for three years and su
om I've devoted my youth, my family's
, was a worthless
bond of the pack. My father had sought every healer, my mother had wept in the dead of night, and I had tried desperately to prov
ina returned, ev
e, and Julian's gaze would
dultery" scene ruined me, convincing the entire pack of my unfaithfulness. Julian dissol
hat if I endured long enough, t
a had sent cornered me in thi
self. Those lowly rogues cackled as they tore at my flesh, their fangs sinking into my neck, and finally,
had given my youth, my heart,
whelming, cr
romises again. I would never give that man everything I
he brink of death did
ring my throat. I closed my eyes, despair a
rain. He was tall, impossibly tall, a silhouette of raw power against the storm-ravaged
within them, I saw my own broken, bloodied reflection. And something else. A prim
o.
ness came like a merciless tide. It pulled me
y body jolt
ird, each beat a painful thud. I was breathing in
y, frantically checking.
ood. My skin was
irect lighting. Walls adorned with abstract art. A sprawlin
ath hi
e of the Obsidian Grand Hotel. The flag
nted digital display. The date
ber
. No. It couldn't be. This was the day. The day Seraphina fram
nsteady, and stumbled towards the
was me at twenty-one. My face was unmarred by scars, my eyes a clear, vib
watched them fall, a new expression twisted my lips.
as
given a sec
, there would
ystal clear. In a few minutes, Seraphina would burst in with Julian and a pack of reporters. They w
e
drugged and paid by Seraphina. He was suppose
oor of the master bathroom.
suppres
. My memory
. I snatched my phone from the bedside table. My fingers flew across the screen. In my past life, in a de
nected on th
Henderson
eve there has been an unauthorized entry into my room and that someone is attempting to tamper with hotel property. I need you to immediately secure all s
the Vance name, combined with the Tho
ance. I'll lock it
oo
from the hallway. The click-clack of high heels-Sera
were
y nightgown off one shoulder, exposing the smooth, pale skin beneath. I sat on the edge of the mattress,
e into a mask of
ed it from the inside when I woke up. A sma
came through the door. "Are you in there? I heard you
usual impatience. "Seraphina, stop be
sliding through the lock was un
or swu
or members of our Packs trailing behind her. The camera f
r hand flew to her mouth. Her eyes, wide and innocent, insta
e broke, a perfect performance of a heart
dened into a mask of pure disgust and disappointment. The look was a familiar knife i
inued, a frantic
et Seraphina's tear-filled eyes, and my own, c
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