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ove and I'd shatter. I needed to end this. I

restricted territory, but as the unspoken future Luna, the g

on Jax's door.

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as the cloying vanilla of Catalina. It hung th

mach t

Catalina was there, too. She was wearing his football jer

ed when s

dn't look guilty. He looked annoyed. "

n front of your mate," I shot back. M

de was a Moonstone necklace. It wasn't an engagement ring, but in

hogany desk. It land

want it

ilated, swallowing the iris. The

Alpha Aura hit the room like

ed at me to bare my neck, to submit.

d through g

ed to

the doorway, blocking my exit. "You're just jealous, Ellie.

talina,"

and shoved m

was narrow. I tried to step around her, but

ed in slo

t. My heel caught on the edge o

ed, grasping

fe

. I hit the landing hard, my left leg twisting at a sick

It wasn't just a break. It w

e stairs, gasping, white

. He looked down at me, then at Catal

defend myself!" Catalina lied,

slowly. He didn't run to

, his shadow blo

t in my home?" he as

streaming down my face from the pai

napped. "Catalina

nches from mine. I thought

," he co

oice. The Alp

oken bone, tried to obey. I dragged myself across the floor,

" I whimpered

on me to comfort Catalina. "And don't expect m

nt door, leaving a trail of

use the healing accelerator-a device that u

, gripping t

will heal in hours,

ered. "I want to remember this p

fication popped up. Catalina had posted a photo on Ins

y Alpha pr

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