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Pilsen, and the first thing I s

blinds of the sixth-floor walk-

the way over, the one-page contract I had made him sign, the creak of the wooden stairs,

Luna," he had murmured agai

up, heart hammering

ter, on this narrow mattress, when he had realized

came out rough, almost stunne

with both hands, my face burning in

exact spot where an Alpha's mark was supposed to be-and instead of biting down, he

e elbow, wincing, and re

e of paper. Two words were scrawled a

ht. A

he paper, my

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e my dress had landed. Sasha Marc

p on the thir

you know what Zoe just posted on her story? Your Himalayan Birkin! Th

and pinched the b

the boxes after all. Someone had

eaching for my clothes. "An

ne wen

e front door of my Gold Coast apartment when

ha panting in the hallway, he

ator," I said. "Wh

ys were blocking the lobby!" She grabbed my shou

court decree from

left him? You've been throwing yourself under a bus for G

ed," I

Half the packs in Illinois have been laughing at you for

of water. "He asked me to help his girlfriend

ent went d

r. "Want me to call my uncle?

ut of my throat in weeks. "I'm fine, Sasha. Rea

to hug me, then f

yanked the collar of m

hand over my collarbon

leaned in, sniffed the side of

u smell lik

d, pulling my collar tight. "The eld

ed marks disappearing into my shirt. Not one of them was

said, holding up my phone. "I sent th

g, my phone was vibrating

in Chicago. Within twenty minutes, the

an's face-only the wide, muscled expanse of his bare back, and my pale arm wrapp

bold capitals: CALLOWAY LUN

comments were scrolling fas

ot even a r

ou expect?

one finally fo

n and turned on the

f the Calloway Group tower. Grant wasn't even there. His Beta stood beh

earlier this month. The Calloway Pack has no knowledge o

the microphones. The feed c

in the empty living room

ossip feeds with another she-wolf, I had stood next t

uined for me. Ex

d back to the blown-u

, parallel scratches raked down the har

I hadn't even realized how har

the glass table.

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uth, where it was still bruis

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