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put the steel k
ng my tongue. The air inside smelled overwhelmingly of cheap synthetic vanilla-thto the bottom of
security drawer hung wide o
eted straight
e Apex City Northern Commercial Sector was gone. Three months of sleepless nights, countless structural cfted up from the liv
down the wooden steps, my knuck
ass, sat on the worn floral sofa. Her fingers were rapidly
ice shaking with a fury so sharp it made m
ed the stack of currency vouchers into the pocket of her
d, crossing her ankles. "Those scrap papers of yours were finally worth
e refrigerator. "That was the proprietary bidding design for Stone Architecture! Pack Law strictly forbi
swung open with
r high cheekbones. Her long, acrylic-tipped fingers rested agains
ine as she walked past. "You're just a broken Wolfless. You don't even have an inner wolf to s
etic mistake because my inner wolf had never awakened. In our wolf-dominated society, being wolfless me
's space, my voice dropping to a dangerous w
her bulky frame directly between me
s. "Karmen is courting a high-ranking Alpha from the eastern district. She needs an estate that matches
oat. I turned toward the glass coffee table, reaching for
ed forward and snatched the device. With a vicious fli
shattered
on the shattered screen with her slipper. "Don't you ever forget who pulle
r my ankle. A thin bead of red welled up, but I did not look down. I bit the
debris toward the wall, exte
r lips curving into a predatory grin, "hand over the deed to this apartment. I sti
gh. "You stole my life's work, and
d, stepping closer to loom over me. "You were merely the name o
design scholarships and four years of night shifts," I said, my voic
ing with fake tears as she turned toward Erlinda. "Mom,
d sentimentality inside me
l, snatching my trench coat, my spare purse,t door. "You are not leaving this house un
s. A wave of raw, pure pressure radiated off my skin. It wasn't the manic
and she stumbled back half a step, her shoulder b
I said, my voic
ching her chest. "Did you see that? She's dangerous! I'm
reaching down to turn th
was shoved open from the outside. A blast of
of expensive cologne. In his left hand, he held a luxury boutique gif
three years. Or so I had th
drained of color, and he instinctively jerked the gift
learing his throat. "What are yo
owing her arms around Julian's neck an
e trembling with manufactured terror. "She tried to attack Mo
t, his fingers resting casually on her hip
protective tone as he looked at me. "Karmen is your sister. Family comes
two of them st
ution. The missing blueprints, the sudden down payment for a luxury estate, the s
steady, though my fingers were freezing
tte, don't be unreasonable! I was goi
knocking him sideways against the coat ra
n't look back. The freezing downpour struck my face like needles, washing
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