Conw

was gone. She had stayed behind for a reason, and looking at

r with suspicion as well

walked right up to me and dropped to her

blue eyes filled with absolute "remorse" and "fear

I definitely shouldn't have let him hurt you... Please, I'm begging you, fo

ning exactly how manipulative and deceitful this woman w

already wavering. "She's on her knees apologizing.

her knees, reaching out for my good hand. "Please, te

uch my uninjured left one, her b

, and with brutal precisio

d my lips. Cold sweat instantly soaked my

ision went completely black for a terrifying moment, the metallic taste

rror, taking a step forward but

of exaggerated "panic." "Oh Goddess, I'm so sorry! I didn't m

you didn'

air, but I used my absolute last ounce of strength to shoot m

Conley," I rasped, my voice quiet but carrying clearly in the dead silence

to yank her hand away, but she never expected me

wasn't an accident. It was a malicious, deli

erupted from the crowd. The sympathy they had felt

tyard, so laced with suppressed, lethal f

defy an Alpha's c

forward, a white first-aid kit gripped tightly in o

mbling so violently it looked li

ch was now throbbing with a new, sickening intensity. A terrifying rage exploded from him. His powerful Alpha pher

oked up at the towering man. "It was an accident! I swear

He didn't even bother looking at her anymore. He simply raised a hand, sig

er with another word, simply orderin

pha!" Jennifer shrieked, struggling wildly

he distance as she was dragg

gone. And with it, the last

wed closely by the Pack Healer. But I couldn't fo

he bench, finally surre

kit clattered to the ground. A pair of strong, familiar arms

ntoxicating scent of winter

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