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re in
y palm was burning from the two slaps I'd given him, yet I didn't regret either of them. Fo
ng didn't
athing while the truth settled inside my chest. Three months. They had been sleeping together for three months. How ma
and I swallowed hard
door flew op
az
uggling to pull his shirt
reached for my arm
r me
nothing
er purse sitting on a nearby table. Without thinking twice, I picked it up and threw i
away f
didn't want to hear his excuses or another explanation for
doors open without knocking and found Alpha Mitchell Moore sitting be
them l
ing of this?" my
"Did you know abou
ce fo
e without showing the slightest surprise. He didn't even
es
if I'd heard him co
our voi
was sleeping
azel. I
n that there had been a misunderstanding. Nobody did. My father simply returned his a
ong?"
sn't im
ong, F
patiently. "
own father had known about the affair, and he
I whi
strongest warriors. The pack has invested years i
nderstand what that had to do wi
lf. She's a suita
cussing my relationship as though he w
abou
, but his though
Useless.
ned as another
no fut
my throat. "Then why d
darkened. "Wa
everything you've asked. I've stayed quiet when Diana insulted me, endured Jessica's cruelty, and accepted being tre
I didn't want to cry in front of him, but t
able. "Don't be dramatic, Haz
rd her. "Stay
re she could respond, my father s
oug
lin
across the desk. The silver wax seal immediately caught my attentio
ood crest?"
else you need to kn
he envelope.
nvita
wh
expression made my stomach twist. "Alph
fore turning back
ally invited to att
hen why are y
on the desk. "Because you
ought I had misund
ed six potential brides.
ck, a powerful Alpha whose name alone was enough to frighten other Alphas. People called him the
reportedly gon
returne
he'll kill he
y ans
nce was already telling me everything I needed t
too valua
ghtened. "An
to be interested in something on the table. Neither of the
es, we lo
g inside
N
d his head. "Wh
o. I'm no
d cold. "Hazel, this
on't
ely hear anything else. My father rose from his chair, and the
ard
ld move, one grabbed my right arm while the other seized my lef
r, you can
ke
ursed but didn't release me. I twisted my body, tr
figh
off
m. He shouted in pain, and his grip loosened immediately. I stumbled backward, nearl
struck the ba
he room tilted violently. I reached for the desk, but my fi
d as I heard som
ady before morning,
ift my head.
come closer or even look down at me. Instea
problem is t
ars before the darknes
ve me, and for several seconds, I couldn't remember where I was. Then everything came
I noticed the luxurious bedroom, the expensive furniture, and the thick curtai
gown lay acr
reach for it, t
d, looking at me without a
cautiously.
be guiding you throu
opped. "Today
unlight streaming through the curtai
re a
kwood
shed myself off the bed. "N
ympathy. "Your father has already c
believe how easily she said
s Moore. Alpha Lucas doesn't
g in front of me. My father hadn't simply abandoned me. He had delive
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