The Alpha's Forgotten Mate

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g its way out of her throat. But her plea

l kill you!"

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her eyes blur

r than her le

like it had dropped str

he cried ou

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ed over a root.

, "he's all I have, p

kept running toward the old p

ranch from the ground a

sound of her fo

too late and turned jus

ul and he fell do

t cry, but the blank

pping to her knees. She carried

I'm here, moonlig

ouched him. His silver-gray eyes locked

forehead. Her

. "you are too little to be dragged into this Famil

sure they pa

''They want to wipe out our bloodlin

arcel

onlight,You're born to rule the world and no one

still. Blood pooled around hi

the night sky. Th

lding Marcel

oo tried to walk.Every step

ow street, with peeling fences, and houses that

aw a woman, who was wea

her morning. Annie hid behind a wooden fence, holdin

brick house with light-blue windows and something small

ou'll be safe here," she whispered. "They wo

ed tight in his blanket. His plastic elephant t

l whi

d hovered o

ed. "You'll feel it, eve

nto the trees, swa

ute p

ont door cr

"Did you order something? There's

barefoot, droppi

he cried. "There

er. "What the hell,where did

. "We have to call someone,I t

ce S

ficer leaned back in his

ding off the screen. "No one's called a

Marcel held him cl

softly. "He wasn't cold. Someo

child. "Healthy. No br

. "You sure you want to k

one comes forward..

ter. As the door shut behind them, the y

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back at t

r something. That kid's eyes, di

that n

in clean blankets, his tiny chest r

he color faded in places. His little hand reste

again, gently pressing the back of her hand t

hispered, brushing a

till holding

there. Like his han

to grow,that thing

it. Threw it across the room once th

en he was six. One eye disappea

entually. Ended up in the bottom

ver got r

he drawer and just look at

s there made thing

little elephant knew more about

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office

but no one nearby spoke louder than a

together, speaking softly, their eyes drifting now

aura said. Her hands were wrapped around a

ok less than a minute. No warning. Marcel j

e twice in one week. Mr. Johnson doesn't overlook t

use his wife was giving b

cel told him last month, 'If you're late a

thing. The sound of the air c

don't even have to say anything. He just looks a

s always paying attention to

s hiding something. You ever notic

ed at her. "N

walks by, it feels colder. I

ame from around the corn

ned. "Oh my God,Oh m

Claire, Marcel's P

s the only thing keeping her together. No hello

e said, vo

glance at her. The air felt tight, like the whole floor w

e, then cracked

ice strained. "Mr. Jeffries is

a hand witho

mouth sna

Marcel said, cool and meas

d, frowning.

at her. Calm. Di

s all i

ded once.

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"if a meeting's set for eleven, it should

erst

r click

it always did,cars crawling through traffic, people rushing across streets but

on. Exactly the kind of man you would expect to run a co

know about

ways having the same flashes a cabin, someone screaming, a man on the floor. A single cupcake

the past events was

dge,when he opened it,he sa

d, then shut the door. The Cupcake always reminded him of