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public display-proof that he'd treated both daughters equally. Then he could s

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d modern luxury with old-world elegance. We passed floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking

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hat wolfless bitch gets chose

't get selected. The pack needs this a

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urred. The h

ng to steady myself, but the thoughts k

the wall? Is she goin

cut through the chaos

ounded distant, underwater

lungs refused to expand. The edges of my v

ded myself desperat

ouldn't stop. They grew lou

all dressed to perfection, all wearing var

g room doors

shoulders shaking with sobs. As she rushed past me, h

he way he looked at me-like I was dirt. Like I was nothing.

ollowed in quick succession, each one crying, each one broad

. He's a

yes. Like a predator deciding wh

ot smart enough. I'll never b

, trying desperately to shut them out. But I couldn'

ipped my elbow, steadying me. "You

inking away the spots d

ce, massive wolves who watche

t screamed. *Run now

rison. Even if I made it past them, where would I go? Back to a father who'd drug

to run. No o

he only th

chin, and walked through those door

espite its size, the air felt suffocat

en I s

like a throne. Even seated, his presence dominated the space. Tall. Powerfully bui

s. A straight nose. Every

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s locked

, the world