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bold request, his first reaction

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gh," he said, "so you decided to

etched acro

was cold. "I'm asking for a

embarrassed retre

ed. "I won't hide your baby from you, but I won't spend the pregnancy living in

en exhausted, furious, and unafraid to tell the most powerful Alp

riage are you pro

pregnancy and the first months after the baby is born. Af

you expect

m, no physical obligations, and no mating mark. I have no intention of tr

condition, displeased by the idea of the mot

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want your

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edge of his disappointment had begun to d

er. Logan had watched every previous attempt end before it truly began, and the

through the air and city traffic, and it had not stop

g the child, or he could surrender one year to

said at last. "

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arrived in th

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escorted her to an elevator without buttons. He placed his palm agai

anished be

elevator, silent staff, and windows tall enough to turn the skyline into wall art. There were no gilded ceilings or crystal sta

able with soup, bread, sliced

ry instructions," Loga

sleeves to his elbows. The change should hav

st. We can discuss th

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at the untouch

try sayin

change the

a pulled out the

waiting: two attorneys and a gray-haired woman carrying

t did not sit. "I wan

ected

ross from her. The agreement had been carefully drafted. Wha

to Logan Vale,"

"That language was prepared before

en and drew a l

"Neither parent takes the child out of the te

d the clause. "You int

aby's mother. I've be

moment before he turned to th

he right to continue working. When she reached the f

care, and the freedom to keep my job

ke amusement touched his mouth

ot to dwell o

sla read it once more and signed. Logan add

ened her case and remove

took less tha

e clothes she had worn when security removed her from Blackthorn that morning, while t

age electronically, stamped a cer

lations,

houlder before realizi

He seemed to no

the document into her folder. "My laptop, identification

ne rang. He listened for less than

est's northern boundary," he said af

my father's house. I'm g

g alone. You're

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told her. "The driver wi

ne had spoken as if her re

w what to do wi

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to collect her belongings quietly, but Hilda's voice

nnounced from the living room. "Coel could barely

umiliated this family for t

," Melinda replied. "Hilda has

have," Hilda

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fer," Cassian decided. "He's wan

"You've heard what happen

food and lived under my roof long e

e refuses?"

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," she said, "before arra

to Coel and apologize. If he won

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off," she said. "I