A P
ll, persistent ache as I dragged myself up
eight of that stranger still seemed to p
he bedroom, my phone vibrat
ice exploded through the receiver.Willow was
oddess you are alive! H
ng against the banister t
ilthy piece of garbage! If he wanted out of the mating, he should have said so, instead of
out celebrating, but when I arrived all dressed up, he left me wa
s?I couldn't be certain, but
I forced the ache down. "It is ov
me, I will strap on my sharpest heels and take his he
down the back of my neck. "Wasn't it t
ious because you never showed up at his lounge!
my lungs, my mind sp
ontact, then who was the l
settle, the master be
ing to his forehead, a single dark towel sl
nded, his amber eyes narr
evered the call without a w
ogant superiority, eyeing me as if I were no
the swollen, bruised bite mark
ntic, breathless encoun
hurned in my stomach, far heav
red flatly, steppi
t to clamp around my wrist like a shac
e returned, I used to greet him with quiet war
es. "Have I not always been like this? Obedient, quiet, maintaining y
t that what you preferred? It certainly made it convenien
justing the towel at his waist with unbothered arrogan
g the skin where his fingers had rested, wiping
her public?"
ensiveness crossing his features.
ed to? The front-page headlines of you flaunting her at the Pa
ly devoid of its former warmth, yet he seeme
. "Clarisa is carrying my pup. Her early weeks are fragile, and
into the fabric of my coat
as pr
pty home and protecting his reputation, he ha
s not that I refused to touch you, Kira. It is simply that you are ent
e air, but the sting was gone, r
y own claws and hiding my strength to play the obedien
, my expression
e the bond and get the divorce papers drawn up. That
im off guard, his brows t
to get, Kira? How many of these childish games have you tried over the
descension, entirely convince
on. You would never survive a d
ted across my face
in the pack hit rock bottom, I had emptied every
d debt of gratitude, and I had foolish
etrayal, and continuing to care wo
n agreement," I said, my voice steady as st
ght past him into the room, I began pack
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