THE ALPHA WHO REJECTED HIS VEILED LUNA

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of names in the dr

tiny silver socks, though she

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n't d

omeone meet you at the hospital

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line with me.

gged herself toward the bathroom door, lea

s, she whispered

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ething to call the li

eathed. "Please,

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ghts, shouted instructions, and Selen

emergency room, the healer moved quickly

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d a hand to V

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gled to focus

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Selene's hand. "Pl

the briefest moment before she t

, and a nurse hurri

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second, the roo

e refused to cry. Not because she was strong,

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he chaos, one thou

something inside me w

r identity, her wealth, and the extent of her achievements because she w

when her family quest

is debts witho

believe that his succes

eeded him most, he ha

e through her thoughts. "I nee

ed herself t

baby

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htened Vanessa mo

sa whispered. "

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lize you first. I need

nessa's temple and dis

w that

of people who were preparing her for

shaking her head. "No

ed her grip on

with

lready growing dim

g in her bedroom drawer. She thought of the names she had written on a scrap of

thought o

ht, but the man she had

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yes c

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m, her perfume mingling with t

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led and slid a do

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d at the

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g it under Castellano Holdings

asked her

one vi

ppeared on

mergency. Vanessa is in critical condition.

ression

at evening, he looked

lla n

t is

the screen

sage, then reach

the best healers in the city. Y

she was

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a was expected to protect his family, and the bond between husband

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where no one could reach him, Vanes