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the dirt, meeting Kaden's gaze. His face was twisted into a mask of smug m
aporated, replaced by an eerie, icy calm. Looking at the man I had waited three years for, I realized just how pathetic he tru
red. A flicker of genuine unease crossed his features. He shifted h
hter to his arm, shrinking against his side. "Kaden, please," she whimpered, p
scape the sudden tension. He turned his back
wasn't
hand, and swung with every
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on darkened noticeably. Right before my eyes, his arrogant facade crumble
own. I refused to b
my voice so every single neighbor ga
olute, unwavering certainty. Then, I locked eyes with Kaden, delivering my final strike. "Do yo
wd. In our world, invoking the Moon Godde
Goddess knew it. But he couldn't admit it. That momentary fear of being exposed was instantly swallowed by an unhinged, exp
led, his voice vibrati
he lunged. He grabbed my wrist, his grip like an iron vise. I felt
arrior. The difference in our physical str
ly, my nails catching his cheek. I left thr
pushed him completely over t
actually dared to strike him, but their shock i
the sidelines. "Kaden,
letely devoid of mercy, fueled by a blind, vicious rag
ac
snapping echoed loudly in the sud
ating, blinding pain. My right arm b
ream. I bit down on my lower lip so hard that the metallic taste of blood flooded my mouth, swallowing the c
im. I poured every ounce of my hatred, every shred of my unyiel
ain paralyzing my body, but my eyes never left him. Blood trickled down into my eyes from where m
renda's voice trembled, thick
he had crossed a sacred, unforgivable line. He looked down at me-bleeding in the dirt, my arm man
step back. But his voice was frantic, complet
wd. The law of the werewolf world was absolute: the strong pr
gave way to a dangerous, brewing suspicio
her eyes darting between Kaden and me. "Why would a w
hispered, the realization dawning on their face. "He attacked her to shut her u
ldfire. He's lying. The ma
to a dark, violent rage. A suffocating, lethal aura exploded f
their words, their faces draining of color. They wanted to help-it was against our nature to watch an Omega be brutalized-but their b
ad unleashed. She tugged frantically at Kad
s were bloodshot, completely devoid of reason as he stalked to
t going to drag me away to bury his crime. He looked like he was going to cripple me p
core of iron will within me, refused to let me break. I bit my
ad and met his furious gaze with one of my own,
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