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ra
finally sent for me, I fou
lope of the Cascades. My foster mother's cough always got worse in Octo
ots into my bas
hit some
e needles. Heavy, dragging foot
lowed
ix feet of broad shoulders in black tactical
st bare
ket and knelt beside him.
wild fury as his large hand shot out, clamping around m
rip was like iron. The crushing weight of an apex
with a genetic defect that left me without an
dline of the White Wolf. Yet because I had never been able to awaken or
tured growl vibrating in his chest. The bitter scent of wolfsbane leaked fro
ine in a savage, bruising kiss. A violent jolt of electricity shot str
nwater on my face. Yet the blistering heat of his body and a strange, unde
othes and my last defenses. I threw my head back, biting my lo
yes. His rough palm cupped my wet cheek, and his hoarse voice mu
swallowed me whole on the cold stone. He had claimed my body, thou
rom his eyes, and he collapse
off me an i
reamed. My flannel shirt was torn down the front, the but
ther with shaking fingers and wiped my
was pressed int
closed around it. It was a heavy ring made of old s
inging in my ears, rough an
e respons
ocked the road. Thomas, the butler of the Kowalski estate,
nd Madam sent me to bring
t the man
one birthday card. Ton
waiting for me?"
" Mr. Thomas said. His face was polite now, his ey
tranger's ring against my palm and thought that, a
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