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n's gaze never wavered from her. He was a seasoned warrior, his senses honed by years of patrol

my breathing steady despite the adrenaline coursing throug

ut this," Damien said, his voice fl

t!" she shrieked, her voice cracking. "Ryker

follow him. We would leave her here wi

"We're going back now. In front of everyone." A private report could be bur

understanding. He grabbed Lilith by the arm, his grip unyieldi

in low tones, the tension from the earlier meeting still palpable. They all froze, their eyes widening at the sight of us:

he surged forward. "Damien! What the hell did you do to her?"

chosen mate consorting with two Rogues," he stated, his voice carrying to every corner

in a cacophony

er sobs wracking her body. "It's not true!" she wailed. "It was Se

r. He held her tight, his eyes, burning with a cold fire

hall, a wave of power that made the very stones seem to

e of detachment. This was exactly as I had pred

sweep over her, a slow, appraising look. "Lilith," I said, my voice calm and conversat

apparent change of subject. Lili

, deliberate gesture of poise. "My mother taught me that a true Alpha-born lady maintains her dignity, even in the face of

eir society: a lack of breeding. It was a subtle attack, a soft blade that slipped

Lilith's crumpled, sobbing form, and then at me, standing tall and composed after a c

iquette was a mimicry, a costume she wore. She h

rs that only the true Alpha bloodlines were taught. *"A she-wolf who cannot account for her own blood and breeding,"* I said,

was the gravest of insults, a direct

uage, was lost. He could only watch, his frustrati

d the Rogues?" It was "who is Lilith Vane?" In the cold, calculat

essed Alpha Blackwood, his voice booming with authority. "My friend, it seems we have mu