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door flew inward, crashing flat against the dust-c

over the threshold. Behind her stood four hulking male guards, th

ked his heavy leather jacket under the bed frame, stepping

d feel the cold, lethal presence of the man inside. He wa

ing, Martha?" I asked, crossing my a

ll, beady eyes raking over my bare legs and

, you wolfless parasite," she hissed, h

. The sour, stale scent of cheap tobacco and low-grad

ee seconds. That was all I needed to drive a paralytic powder into thei

g her chin forward in arrogant satisfaction. "You are coming back

h escaped

ecious pureblood princess? Since when does the

h pure malice. "Why would our Luna waste her pure bloodline on a crippled, bloodthir

orward, pointing a mani

for Lady Gwyn and enduring that beast's psychotic rage is

nd me. My heart gave a subtle thud. The Alpha in the

ly, letting the sarcasm

p as a sacrificial lamb to a hideous, deranged Alpha pr

ience. "If you refuse to walk, I will gladly snap

temper snapping entirely. She jerked he

her! Bind

es popping as dark claws extended from their fingert

iding into the deep pocket of the oversized shirt, locatin

er nostrils flaring as she caugh

onto the rumpled bedsheets and

g, trembling finger at the tangled blankets. "You shameless, disgus

mell never lied, and his cedar musk was f

g a hysterical pitch. "Find the filthy mutt! I'll rip

space. Two of them aimed straight for the bathroom, thei

ploded into

re I was, my arms crossed, a cold, mockin

at kind of monster they had

ett

m wall. The jagged silver burn scar running down the l

from that screeching female hit my ears, stirring t

at wa

through my soul, and who had neutralized deadly silver with a simple flick o

blue within them shifting tow

grace of a trained assassin, understood forbidden medicine, and face

inat

ed from my palm, allowing the monstrous, suffocating

ing dog, feeding me scraps from their back door. They were a

ntered inward under their

ating Alpha's Command detonated into the room like an invisible shockw