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him, the mate bond between us shr
t single word, I heard m
will never accept
e lips had whispered sweet promises against my skin. These same hands had touched me with reverence. Now, Alph
ter," he spat the words li
held me in his arms just a night before, now glared at me as if I were
elming pull of our mate bond and the desperate hope that I'd finally found someone who would love and cherish me.
n my skin, a cruel reminder of how completely I'd given
ging-begging my stepmother for food, for mercy, for a moment's peace from her endless
aughter stand by my side," he snarled, his voice dripping with venom. "La
odline. When I thought of the look of disgust on his face as he rejected me, it left me shaken, sen
r's cruel words echoed through his
nant," I
said, rising and approaching me. "You wi
unwanted everywhere I went? My mate-the only man I thought could save me, the one I prayed e
lled, but I
on, whether you like it or not." His eyes roamed my body and finally landed on my belly. I po
do you
for his collection,
nterrupted, "Now get out. Your
D
his tone cold and leavi
ing chip in the endless games of pack politics. I endured his hatred, his cruelty
lost e
ul part of me that still believed in love and fate and the Moon Goddess'
ands, far from mate bonds and alphas and all the pain they brought
l to
ke dirt beneath his feet. His eyes-those same deep ocean-blue ey
"I've hidden my love with hat
he old wound in my chest throb. Once, I would have given anything to hear
hought her only value lay in being someon
cruel jokes, but I've lear
ime, I cho

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