a

and claws extend as he fights to keep his

that undiluted fear rushes through my veins and I find myself paralyzed, frozen in place like a startled rabbit. If I move will he attack? M

e dresser and slashes a pen across it, savagely signing the papers without another word. He

le to breathe. My heart is still pounding in my chest, but it feels stronger than it has in years. Even as it

free? Is it

ture with a featherlight touch. In less than five minutes, I’ve gone from being an omega slave

I’ve been smiling from the moment I woke up. I’m so happy t

did it.” She sneers, smugly sipping the aromatic liquid. “I should have known. When Ethan came to my room last night he was so excited we didn’t even

up and down with obvious disgust. “He should have kicked you to the curb a long time ago. I suppose he felt sorry for

want to laugh. I never have to see this horrible bitch again. I’m not

e woman is so delusional she seems to think I’m about to hand it to her. Eve extends her ha

he bed with an ear curdling shriek. The next thing I know Ethan is running into the room, looking betw

st for c-coming to wish her f-farewell!” Throwing her arms around my ex-hu

churns, Ethan glowers at me. “Wha

He growls, extracting a huge wad of cash and throwing it onto my neatly folded

ce settlement included financial terms set by law. This has nothing to do with satisfying our agreement, and everyth

with the settlement, I’m barely going to be able to afford it. To an omeg

ipping up the suitcase, I pull it from the bed

t look

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ight through my blurry vision. Slowly I realize it’s a penlight, b

emember, I was waiting for my mother to come out of

ock.” The doctor said

lices straight through

r says in that same, pityin

e, the words not truly sinking

but the physician is smiling now. “Y

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rupl

instead of one. But that’s exactly what happened to me. No sooner had I gotten used to the idea of becoming a parent

I was already so in love with the tiny beings growing inside me that I couldn’t dream of giving them up. I sheltered them t

I can count, the nurses finally introduced me to my

his kind of blow. My youngest was born with a life-threatening heart condition, and even if she somehow survives, she has no werewolf features at all. That d

s, my daughter will die