Cast Aside by the Beta, Chosen by the Alpha King

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st stepped out of the Pack Registry when a pungent, cheap floral perfume h

just like Cade Burris, the man who was supposed to meet me to

we lived was determined by genetics. Yet I was a werewolf wit

ller than those of an ordinary werewolf. Even so, t

onth, I'd poured all my savings into its down payment, hoping it would hel

crack in it. The heavy vehicle

ch gap into the dim interior. Two tangled bodies filled

in a woman's neck, lettin

pilling over the leather headrest. It was Jacquelin Michael-my cowor

g me from head to toe. My stomach heaved, and my st

g sunlight flooded the backseat

e's suit jacket over her bare chest. Beneath her stage

r on his right brow twisted with rage as

th slow, deliberate fingers, h

gave you permissio

embled so hard m

ade! You're in the car I bought f

d into my space, his Beta aura pressing dow

ece of trash without an Inner Wolf. Jacquelin has family co

acquelin tugged on Cade's sleev

on her. It's not her faul

with hot tears. I raised my arm and slammed th

back my c

ching for the key fob

ld. He shoved my shou

he baking asphalt. The rough pavement tore a lar

looked down as if I wer

vehicle now. As for you, crawl

oor shut and fir

, blasting a wave of hot exhaust into my

illights. Around me, passing Pack members slowed

metallic taste of blood filled my mou

me their laughi

ried to push myself up, but a sharp pain shot thro

g, overpowering scent of w

xhaust fumes and the whispers around me, raisi

made black leather shoes st

d trousers until it reached his chiseled profile. He raised h

she won't come, find someone else. I need a suitable wom

houldered and narrow-waisted, radiating the

me. On the inner side of his left wrist, a d

and heard my own voice come out

bring your P

lue eyes, his voice rumblin

id.

, swaying slightly as I brushed the gravel an

d around me like a tight net, making the blood i

bleeding nails deep into my palm and forcing out a dry, fragile laugh. "You're in a