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d ever

vers, the poultice for deep bruises. Nothing worked. He

Pack doctor from seeing h

wing at my insides. Her plans, my future-

of power washed o

n Alpha presence so dominant i

red. Shouts and panicked fo

zed. I knew

et S

tood there, his face pale wit

re," he hissed. "He

y. Everet Scott stepped into the room, flanked by his Beta and tw

n landed on me. On my bruised face, my torn clothes. Then his

eyes turn

lent, crushing rage emanated from him, so potent

father. He walke

ntly, brushed against the bruise on my cheek. That n

he said. It wa

and held it up for Alistair to see. "My men tell me m

ace drained

urned to my mothe

ian Foster, the Blackstone Pack's finest docto

head. "Internal injuries are too

ed. I collapsed to the floor,

pped my chin, his fingers surprisingly

murmur. "My Pack has a spring, blessed by

sperate, surged thr

he rose to his full height. He looked down at m

a cold smile. "The

At the girl knee

his voice ringing wit

future, her very being. All of it is n

egotiation. It

and the wrath of a superior Alpha, didn't hesitate. He bow

gone from a bargaining c

flicker of something cold