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and expensive per
ng at an ornate ceiling with intricate mold
he hell
was massive-easily twice the size of my bedroom back at the Frostridge pack house. Everything scr
yself in the full-length
sed me up l
up highlighted my best features. My eyes looked deeper,
ctly, elegant and flattering, ma
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ride being prepar
etty. Can't send damaged
public display-proof that he'd treated both daughters equally. Then he could s
don. I got a d
anning this the moment m
knock at
Alpha Sebastian's selection will
ped. This was r
ed woman in a black uniform. She look
r thoughts hit me. *Sending a wolfless embarrassme
But I kept my expression calm, following her
d modern luxury with old-world elegance. We passed floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking
gh the double door
und-th
once, crashing into my
doing this. Marrying a notor
ths tops, then divorce. But that severance package... eighteen m
hat wolfless bitch gets chose
't get selected. The pack needs this a
bees had nested inside my skull, their buzzing growing louder and lo
urred. The h
ng to steady myself, but the thoughts k
the wall? Is she goin
cut through the chaos
ounded distant, underwater
lungs refused to expand. The edges of my v
ded myself desperat
ouldn't stop. They grew lou
all dressed to perfection, all wearing var
g room doors
shoulders shaking with sobs. As she rushed past me, h
he way he looked at me-like I was dirt. Like I was nothing.
ollowed in quick succession, each one crying, each one broad
. He's a
yes. Like a predator deciding wh
ot smart enough. I'll never b
, trying desperately to shut them out. But I couldn'
ipped my elbow, steadying me. "You
inking away the spots d
ce, massive wolves who watche
t screamed. *Run now
rison. Even if I made it past them, where would I go? Back to a father who'd drug
to run. No o
he only th
chin, and walked through those door
espite its size, the air felt suffocat
en I s
like a throne. Even seated, his presence dominated the space. Tall. Powerfully bui
s. A straight nose. Every
. Piercing. Inten
s locked
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