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unyielding scent of lily and cedar lingered in the air, a stark contrast to the heavy amber and ambergris of

of my greatest mentor walk awa

il. He had returned from the border reeking of his polluted cologne, heavily masked by the sharp, cheap spices of Gamma Brenna Wil

om Rejecting their mates or taking a second within five years of marriage. But to appea

the slaughtered and maimed bodies of the Wood family-nau

graveyard soaked in her family's blood, just to preserve her pride. She refused to accept a polluted mate-bond. Granting her the Severance w

Alton Marsh stepped in, his faint ink

The Dowager Empress demands your p

my mother's quarters. The heavy, suffocating scent of violet and agarw

carved high-backed chair. Her face was pale

er's fury. "Arthur Crawford's daughter! You force a wolfless girl to s

st in my study." I took a steadying breath, breaking the news. "She didn't ask for my protection against Bre

es shattered into profound, agonizin

er mate love another sh

ghosts of Aileen, Candace, and Gina Reynolds, the favored mistresses my father had flaunted befor

ned into a cold, lethal disgust. "And this Gamma Brenna... I once praised her for elevating the status of female wolves in our kingdom

Alpha who had caused all this. Justin Hayes thought he had won. He t

my voice dropping to a

n stepped forward

ee, leave him standing at the gates. I will not see him." I narrowed my eyes, the