Alpha Academy: The Forbidden Mate

and iron. Rain dripped from the towering iron gates, each drop striking the ground like the ticking of

the strap of her bag. Beneath her oversized cloak, her heart pounded like a war dr

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and she instinctively pulled

oed in her mind, each s

gnus Blackclaw. It is y

a sickening wave of fear cu

o those who displeased him. The omega who had dared to flinch under his touch had been drag

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signed to keep out both enemies and the weak. The strongest warriors in Lupori

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erself to unc

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f, offering his hand. "Beta-bo

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ed back on his heels, eyeing the gates. "Well, Seth, r

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inned.

utching a wooden training sword behind her family's e

d said when he caught her. "You wil

led her to Ma

ting weight of his gaze settle on her like chains. He had

though his lips had curled in something far worse t

, nails digging into her pa

ed to be a wa

vessel for a man who saw her

w, standing before the gates of the Alpha Academy,

a smirk at Elias. "Maybe you should b

augh. "Bold words, Seth.

d cut through the low murmurs of

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ound them thickened, pressing d

every instinct in her

hadows just beyond the gate,

d. Drenched in an aura

ce swept over the recruits, a

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him immediately. Eve

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