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Justine returned to the Hebert Pack for a visit, playin

a gown so opulent it was almost vulgar. She was trying

?" my maid, Cora, muttered beside me. Cora was

ing with false pity. "Poor sister. How sad that you'll soon be off to serv

your concern, Sister. But you needn't worry about

ca Foster has been spending a great deal of time with Alpha Jamel. They are cousins,

on her face. Bianca wa

nd some interesting old herbs. They seemed to be... for preventing conception. She said they have a pec

ster. Be careful you're not being undermined by someone. After all, a partner who

re, especially now that she had lost her confidante, Agnes. Th

tared at me, her eyes burning with a h

re time to waste on her. My future wa

e Royal Guard and a magnificent carriage. Nearly every Alpha from t

tark and deliberate. I saw her and Jamel in the c

Buren, on the grounds of "ill health," remained in the capital. His abs

my back straight, a polite smile fixed o

ing uncontrollably. I comforted her, promising I wou

it began to move, I lifted the curtain

tanding motionless, staring at my carriage

in fall, cuttin

ner. Goodbye to my f

s castle was even more magnificent than I remembered, a fortres

ectly to the

ng, middle-aged

e said, offering a curtsey that was technically cor

n, I was on a new and far

ers. They were luxurious

aying for the kingdom. He will not be coming," Herta

me and Cora alone in

g. Waiting to finally meet the "