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Every muscle in my body went taut, like

ant faces, all focused on th

forgotten corner of the hall, as if

e said, drawing out the words with theatrical cruelty, "I propose we

ell M

t pond. Gasps echoed through the hall. The

e cripple

o. They say the silver poison

o cruel. This is a f

mind raced, pulling up the informat

d of War." Three years ago, during a battle with Rogues, he was struck by a silver-laced weapon. S

a living dead ma

on my face. His smile deepened. "A country Omega fo

nsult, aimed not just at me,

ction in the most vicious way possible, shoving me in

ph, and the emotion that rose in me wasn

it to Kaelen, or be throw

iving dead man was far more manageable than a prince who could crush me at

cision. It

eak down and beg, I smiled. A

he Alpha King on the throne. He had

gh the silent hall. "I would rather be the sole mate of a paralyz

The hall fell into a stunne

magined I would accept his insult, let

philanderer while elevating the

purple. He pointed at me, sput

the Alpha King, waiting for his judgme

udied me for a long moment, so long I though

oice a low, authoritativ

icker of displeasure in his eyes.

ace. The outcome was what he wanted, even if the path was twi

moment, Davina Ramsey is to be paired with Hartwell Monroe. Th