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nside me. Meredith's words echoed in my skull. Vacate immediately. Fine. I didn't need the penthouse. I didn't ne
murmuring something that made Chantal Gould giggle. The sounds were coming from his black Range Rover, parked two spots away, engine off, windows fogged. Throu
o be my friend. And they were here, in our building,
in rage. For a werewolf, a mate's infidelity is physical torment, a violation that sears through body and soul. I didn't make a sound. I didn't move. I just stoo
perfume hung in the air like poison. I walked to the floor-to-ceiling wind
reeking of whiskey and Chantal. He saw me and paused, then crossed the room,
ack. "Don't
radiating off him like heat. "What's w
, Bryton. In your study. I sign
thing that looked almost like fear. "What? What docum
ed on my own." My voice was ice. "While you
rage. "You were spying on me? Kaila, yo
Bryton. Your family wants me gone. After what I saw in that garage, so do I." I pulled a fresh copy from
s. "You are my fated mate, for life! I won't let you go! I don'
n trade routes. And Bryton, caught between his mother's ambition and a mate bond he didn't want but couldn't sever, had been stalling for months. Keeping me as his dirty secret while he played devoted boyfriend to Chantal in public. The document was his mother's ult
hen stormed out, slamming the
apphire earrings. Limited-edition watches. Each one a monument to a lie. I found a trash bag and began drop
r. We were smiling, so happy. I stared at it for o
ning. Then I sat on the floor of the empty closet, staring at the bare shelves.
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