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s the threshold. The red welt on my wrist burned. A sharp cram
hose bloodline had ruled this region for six generations. If I kept struggling
inner beast before
nt l
dn't yell. I didn't pull away. I reached up with trembling fingers, pushed my dark hair over my left s
's step
nant wolf register the surrender. The violent pressure of
esperate tears. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have ap
onds of
reaked as h
y gland where his teeth had scraped months ag
't you, Daphne?" he murmured. The ice was gone, r
he pressed down-if he sank his fangs in now-he'd complete
d one more agonizing second, then
butler near the archway. "Butler, bring m
. "What? That is m
ce you've developed a sudden interest in running north, I'll supervise yo
owed. "Right
submission hadn't won my freedom. It had inv
d, looking down at me with disdain. "G
hauled myself up. My legs felt l
oal-wool suit jacket was already draped across the foot of my bed, filling
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