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seat of my sedan and reached for the door ha
the street. The pavement looked empty, yet the heavy pres
mall hand gripping the hem of my coat a
ring him inside, locking all four doors, and press
doors of the Healing Sanctuary lobby, I spotted Dale and Chels
face powdered chalk-white as she dabbed
Melly to save me... I
he second Dale saw me, his dark gray eyes locked onto my face wit
ce surprisingly low and controlled as h
thout sparing him a glance and stop
arrell? Wasn't yesterday'
hed violently into her palm, pulling her hand back
the desk gasped out loud, co
d out, holding her bloody hand up for the
before she could pull back, sending a sharp thread of m
de me laugh. Dropping her arm like a piece of trash, I p
Miss Harrell," I said, my voice carrying clearly to every corner of the lobby. "Too
d orderly stared at Chelsie's mouth, their expr
r lips, her eyes darting around w
lunged forward, clamped his large hand around my wrist, and d
twisting my arm, but his
ck, and crowded his tall body against mine,
s hot breath hitting my forehead as his v
jumped from his palm into my skin. Forcing my knees not to tremble, I
e. The air between us went thin and charged; I could count the silver threads in his irises, the scar at his brow, the way his breath hitched when I didn't pull away. Three heart
or dead women," I said, reaching into my coat pocket
him a yellowed photo of a scarred, broad-shouldered wolf warrio
flat and freezing. "He died three years ago
ss. His fingers loosened around my wrist, and he stumbled back
the ward door open and stu
nly to see Jamir rounding the courtyard corner with a small me
o one knee and caught Jami
d a wave of pure, domineering Dire Wolf Alpha pressure burst from
ir's golden pupils as his big hands ba
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