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l was like nothing I'd ever seen in my old pack. Everything looked advanced and immaculate h

was unlike anyone I'd met before. Her soft gray eye

general health check, then some tests to ensure everything i

as here in the first place. It felt clinical, al

gave me a reassuring look, noticing my stiffness. "Is

xpecting judgment, but Jade's expression remained soft,

e observed. "That's rare for an Omega.

ded me I was "weak and didn't have the same healing ability as them." But hearing it from D

gh than expected, and her calmness dulled some of my discomfort. But when

le," Jade said, sensing my hesitat

it in how her eyes narrowed-a message that said I didn't belong here, that I was just a lowly Omega darin

ne and smiled. "I'll add you to the list, Reika, but if all

g. "List? What do

teer or are assessed as potential candidates for giving hi

of women he thinks he can pick and choose from?" He had planned

touch of sympathy in her voice. "But the pack needs an heir, and Apollo feels a duty to make

be in trouble, knowing how authoritative her brother was. He probabl

"I'm used to being treated like a tool, just something convenient.

own an ounce of sympathy since I got in the

thing in you beyond the potential for an heir. I

ity in her tone, a warmth that didn't feel forced. I felt a

n my face as he slid a sleek, white folder across the table. The contra

m and matter-of-fact. "These a

rough the pages, skimming over the details-compensation, living arrangements, and medical provisions. Everything had been account

relinquish all parental rights to Alpha Apollo Astor. Upon deli

second time, but the words hit just as hard. The reality sank in, cold and unrelenting. I'd

like I was nothing to them. Who

hell I went through before I kill them with my bare hands. But they probably

t kind of mistake

eeting his eyes. "Why would you want y

the terms he had laid out so meticulously. But I couldn't hold back the anger that had built up inside me. The thought of

yone? No mother, no family? You have the power to

st like what Orion did to the rogues. But I couldn't care less. Does he think he could

ed. His expression remained unreadable, he was holding

ed in, and I could feel the heat radiating off him, his scent-powerful and unmistakable-filling the space between us. His h

ring me to rechallenge him. "Today