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my penthouse offic
, I sat perfectly still, my fingers steepled before my lips. Across from me s
y muscle in her body was frozen in place under the suffocating, crushing weight of my
aritone vibrating through
f her chair. "My grandfather, Elder Marcus, has formally dispatched me to surren
ather is a coward who realiz
gnizes the method used against Ryder. He saw it twenty-five years ag
ied of my reaction
ke a spiritual haze obscured her features. My grandfather fears a new Kensington sovereign has emerge
ion. Ancient
Lycan beast let out a low, predator
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ger. It wasn't an inquiry. It was an ancient, territorial mandate. After a mil
er breaking my icy gaze f
an stepped forwar
Filter every female student enrolled this
or spanning the wall opposite my desk flared to life. Hundreds of student ID profiles f
eath
tures possessed an ethereal, dangerous symmetry that defied modern genetics. Yet it was her eyes-wide, almond-s
th an expression of sovereign detachment, a
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four shifted enforcers and wiped a
casting a long, suffocating shadow across the penthouse. My gol
spered, his face pale. "The scholarship endowment was routed throug
he image of C
my ribcage. The mate bond snapped into place across the miles-a phantom cord of electricity
nose, pretending to be a wou
ority. "The Sterling Pack is banned from approaching Northgate grounds. If a single
practically crawling back
t jacket, fastening the singl
I said, a slow, dangerous smile curving my lips. "Bring
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