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struction. Through the windshield, the harsh fluorescent

ed out, his large, calloused hand-the same hand that had gripped my waist in the dark-gently tucking a stray lock o

ess was just his nature. He was an Alpha; he didn't know how to be soft. But watching him look at Galilea, th

If I had a wolf, I would have unleashed a devastating, furious roar through the mind-link, demanding he feel my a

isappeared into the night befor

d, I drove to my old private apartment-a small, quiet sanctuary I had kept since before the marriage. It smell

off my heels when

, his massive frame dwarfing my doorway. But before I could even process his presence, the

xplanation. An ap

closing a merger. "I came to tell you that I've instructed my Beta, Kylan, to handle th

l blows. I stood frozen, the

n octave, "as a member of the Blackwood Pack,

emoted me from his Fated Mate to a pack asset that needed to be managed and paid off. The l

et of the tiny life growing inside me. I didn't scream

cing and clawing at the surface, clearly agitated by the agonizing silence of our bond. He opened

ked shut, sea

kely Group. Work was the only thing keeping me tethered to sanity. I was buried in M

ent, is on the encrypted pack comms. She's furi

and ambassador. I took a deep breath and pr

ion right now. Is the Blackwood Pack unilaterally tearing up our alliance? Or does your Alpha act

tilting on its axis. Galilea. The