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every shallow breath sent pain tearing through me. For weeks, my husband had ignored my worsening condition, refusi
The iron door groaned open, spilling light into th
eath
terling.
rown eyes. No flicker of the bond that was supposed to tie our souls together.
velvet jacket of the Sterling Pack, embroidered
trembled as I reached for the hem of his perfectly pressed trousers. The mate bond, the
oice a dry crackle. "Please
en north for treason. Since Cassian had imprisoned me, their l
ingers brushed against empty air. He
movements unhurried. "Them?
in a cage of bone. I watched his lips, waiting for the v
a chilling, ugly thing in the gloom of t
didn't m
month after you were
athe. His words were the only thing I coul
otion. "No... impossible. I got let
le thread I had clun
cinated light. "The letters? You m
t, once a comfort, now smelled of rot and betrayal
id it was amusing, watching
en K
ntact with me so he could publicly claim her as his mate. To the outside world, Kaelen was a direct and kindhearted female Alpha, cel
s smiling, her eyes always s
diluted hatred, mixed with the agony of a fool who had given everything f
ached satisfaction on his hands
al. "You were always too weak. Unworthy of me, an
allower. The edges of my vision blurred, turni
e. The lost honor of the Carlisle name. A
in. It burned away the sorrow
y I had anot
pay. All of them.
their world t
s face when he realized I had stopped breathing. It vanished
waiting, and so was th
whole, but the vow was
ve
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