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officially reject El
w boomed over the speakers, echoing off the high
from my numb fingers, shat
crushed my heart. I gasped, my knees buckling as a soul-tearing
to be my fated mate. Roderick stood in the glaring spotlight, h
eous squint of pure, unfiltered disgust. His lips curled into a cru
standing as Gamma," Roderick spat into the microphone, making sure every single
trace the jagged, raised flesh on my left cheek
his first act would be to hire the best Healer to remove it. Instead,
out a sharp, malicious laugh. She stepped on the hem of my t
ike Roderick would want a hideous mons
silk gowns and tailored tuxedos. Hundreds of point
n burning under the weight of
from Nora's heel, and stumbled blindly out of the ballroom. T
e a heavy hand grabbed my shoulder. I looked up, desper
at me with absolute contempt, his face twi
her snarled, kicking my broken champagne glass
are no longer a member o
ed me down the driveway, my knees scraping against
ezing rain instantly soaked
rain nothing compared to the hollow, bleeding crater in my
in front of a heavy, unmarked door in the ci
vate club where the most powerful, dange
ted to drown. I wanted to feel something other than the excr
cating musk of mixed pheromones. I shivered, walking stiffly to
f?" a deep, gravelly voice
t to me. The lighting obscured his features, but the sheer, suff
it h
wood and petrichor-flooded my senses. It byp
st my ribs. A violent shiver racked my bod
pirit suddenly felt... stitched together. A profound
ppressed Omega wolf let out
oked at the ugly, jagged scar, but there was no disgust
, the whiskey burning my throat and blurring my senses. "I
he reached out. His large, warm fingers
jolt of electricity shot through my veins. I
his voice a dark promise
erized, and placed my
t around my shivering shoulders, and
black suit opened the rear door. I climbed into the back with the mysteriou
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