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Damien's scent-a suffocating, violent clash of cedar and crackling storm-battered against m

lamped around my bicep. His grip was a vice of pure muscle, threatening to snap the bone. He sho

His voice vibrated with the monstrous, guttural timbre o

duffel bag, his eyes burning

hed in a sudden, blinding surge of adrenaline. I didn't think. I just

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before me was worth the pain. Damien's head snapped to the side. For a split second, the great Alpha o

rage. His chest heaved, and I could feel the Alpha's Comm

my encrypted phone from my pocket, tapp

mer pulsed on th

completely devoid of the fear he thrived on. "In ninety seconds, if I don't enter my passc

en, his jaw clenching so hard I

ified record of every time you broke Pack law by assaulting your Luna," I continued, the words slicing th

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a battered against me, demanding I submit, but the digital lock I had built was somethin

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t, the words tasting lik

nds before typing the passcode. The screen

ot touch me. You will not speak to me. You will keep your whore out of this building." I adjusted the strap of my bag, my voice d

t the door, glancing back at the towering Alpha standing paralyzed in

gilded cag

the night, but as I sank onto the edge of the bed, a cold dread settled in my stomach. Damien's pride was a dangerous thing. He couldn't touch me himself without