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acob, I was nothing more than a tool t
s his true love, treating me
territory, Jacob had to m
believing her lie that she
and stomped on my hand-crushing the bones and destroyin
that night, br
weeks to disco
een taking birth control for years and
mate for a liar, Jacob destroyed Ka
ealed and rising as the
with a silver blade, begging for a chance
lpha title, his for
been my entire world and felt n
," I said, turning to th
t don'
pte
xia
attered not by sound, but by a
or me,
temples like a physical blow. It was the *Mind-Link*-the telepathic connection that binds ever
arters, the damp chill of the basement seeping into my bones.
ty, cramped room. "Not tonig
dn't
seemed to grow heavier, pressing down
e. N
e Alpha's
e Pack leader gives a direct order, a lower-ranking wolf's muscles move before their mind can object. I
from the sheer violation of my will. My inner wolf, a ragged and sta
ocked me-the velvet carpets silencing my footsteps, the scent of polished mahogany and expensive beeswax clo
He looked like a storm contained in skin-tall, broad-shouldered, with ey
he growled, not bot
and piano in the corner. It was a beautiful beast of an instrum
as raw, callous over callous, split from hours of scrubbing floors and hours of
e Command whispe
an to
on Goddess that the Pack refused to acknowledge as power. They called it a parlor trick. I knew it as t
c and soft, Jacob's pacing slowed. His shoulders
g his head back as the ten
dripping with a sickening, false sweetness. *You do this so well,
a
five years ago, I smelled it-the scent of rain-soaked pine and ozone
me Luna. To him, I was a battery, a tool to
o my mind, a sliver of warmth touchi
ndsome-cold, hard, and unyielding. Above the fireplace hung a portrait of him, re
Link*, when open for comfort, is a
n't for me. The warmth pooling in his chest
red. *Is her ankle still hur
ssandra. The Beta female. The one he paraded
soul detached. He didn't love me. He didn't even see me. H
go needing to be stroked even as he fantasize
ano. Pale, tired, with dark circles under my eyes. But deep i
d aloud. My voice
connection on my end,
ely directed his mental attention elsewhere. *Kassan
the message from me. Or perh
nal chord hung in the air, u
me with a wave of his hand,
alked out of the room, past the se
whispered. "The Omega is beg
he Alpha's shame. Does she really thi
n, trudging back t
ess. Inside the cover, flattened and worn, was a letter. The
Academy
er of 'Moonlight's embra
rship. A full r
tayed because I thought I was loved. I stayed because of t
r woman "my love" while I bled over
all. I didn't see an Omega anymore. I s
lea

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