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econd, the clean
e lab e
got
Eira on the shoulder as Professor Davies pushed
mbers. This is huge. We
ide, military contracts, and enough money to make half the
r so she could hear
s Alpha Sebasti
nod
said. "If they get access before the other Pa
harder than
ce would go still first. Then his eyes would sharpen. Maybe, ju
d that look f
him tonight
od. Let him see wha
r fingers tightened
she th
est advantage of his lif
hanged out of her clean-room suit, and co
rinted across
ra Cra
thumb over
e could brush her off as a wolfless omega. No o
werful enough to make enti
going to put it in Se
used the private suite for late business meetings, and sometimes he slept there when he claimed H
he brought
. The hallway was quiet, thick with expensive carpet and soft yellow w
ew before h
cent could be. It was the scent she had fallen asleep beside for
it was som
loral. N
sto
of light spilled through the gap, and with it came
a Sebasti
ve always loved you.
tly in Eira's grip. She
thin blade of amusement underneath. "If you love me, why did you let that
t laugh. He used it when he wanted someone to f
I be?" Se
t the softness made it worse. "I needed a Luna. The elders wanted the positi
mle
ide the door, u
all sound of dis
the house, handles Pack accounts, keeps my mother from turning every
ank into E
o
Not Luna.
o
spoke again, her voice had lost its tea
the room. "When the time is right
the h
e without hesitation. "My he
osed he
d years ago might still affect his body. He said he did not want to hurt her. She had believed him because she wanted to believe
o
th was
s not
ena's neck. His nose brushed her skin, and his expression changed in a way E
murmured. "Your s
into him. "The
t y
hy
s. "Because she still serves a purpose. Give her a little attention, and she'l
ned around the folder
he had imagined placing it on Alpha Sebastian's desk and watching pride fin
she heard
ed her completely. Then
Serena's hands on his shirt, the kiss that followed, the way he whispered her name like a vow. Eira recorded until her soul felt far away f
topped the
aking a sound. The doors closed around he
steel, her refle
like a stranger
*
Eira's face. She did not cry. Tears
the National Research Institute.
Crawf
of my mate's affair. I want the bond ended and my name
ling or prot
el. Sebastian must not learn
"That process
oked up at Hale Tower. "Get his signature
and walked away w
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