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highs, and a wave of nausea hit me so hard I thought I'd

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ssed my brain, melting the second that pri

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ked out, slamming my

gging my torn leather vest

cocktail of adrenaline and self-loat

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s, my fingers wrapping around the gold

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me," I snarled, pulling a lockpick

way, working furiously. My hands were sweating

irl," a deep, gravelly voice echoed

o my thigh, only to find my sil

archway, completely unbothered, wearin

gernails had carved into his bare shoulders

ngly smug, possessive warmth that made me wa

o a defensive fighting stance despite being

apex predator. "The room is sealed from the outside. Paxton and the elite shadow guards h

n trap me here? L

from tearing itself apart. You broke into my quarters, bypassed ancient wards, and tried to poison my water supply. But more importantly... you're

spat, my voice dripping with pure venom. "I am a nob

en us in a second, his superna

but his massive 6'5 framework complete

but you have no wolf. You fight like a human demon, yet you carry the blo

to h

of broken vulnerability cracking through his stony ma

dark realization washed over me. He wanted the lit

zor-sharp smile that

your throne room, Kael. You watched her burn. Yo

s, volatile heat. "If you won't give me answers, then we

ver accept

e'll see about that," he murmured, his voice laced wi

car on my neck, sending a treacherous jo

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hold me?" I taunted, backing away until the edge of t

s the surface. My twin daggers were gone, but my ha

e black g

st night's chaotic madness, rolling u

wolfsbane was still within my

now what you're capable of. But you're unarmed, and your human strength i

her rot,

waistband. If I couldn't slip it into h

the entire door. The marble floor groaned, an

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that voice anywhere. It was

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