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efore I could even think about food, I needed a shower. Three damn days on the road from the nor

e wooden walls, polished marble floors, a bed f

as top-notch, offering both cold and warm streams. I turned the knob until hot water p

y. The warmth rolled over me, loosening the tightness in m

e pack... even if he's a cruel bastard," I

as the mirror fogged up in front of me. Wiping

stopped

I hadn't noticed it when I first walked in, p

ginning to race. It w

nt. Blood stained the snow around us. The creature had been fierce, and its scent was par

silence of the woods. The way I buried the body dee

had bee

bo

ce

d my fists as anger flared in my gut. "He was th

have a pict

hell t

t part of the territory. And I sure as hell didn't sense anyone n

re both training in the north did

I wasn'

ne spyin

spying

he is

o didn't feel like a keepsake. I

far I ran, how high I climbed

always

wrapped the towel around my waist, hands still damp and trembling, and stared at the

s. But first, I

k. K

the door yanked m

the

ould stop it, and I stood there, barely covered in a to

ac

lace. Her eyes swept over my body w

she said with t

didn't turn around. She kept movi

ed her t

st avert

t

crossing one leg over the other. Her expression

f I was hallucinati

. My hands tightened on the towel. I wasn't used to being caught off

g into a smug grin. "Don't mind

ed into my room while I'm practicall

" she said

me in anyway

he photo still in my hand. "But now that

m the photograph, but now there was a new edge to my adrenali

erything you needed. And..." Her gaze landed on the photo ag

. "You knew

not my place to say. But I'll gi

ust inches away. I could feel t

're the only play

eath

she turned on her heel

with a sly smile, "you might want to keep th

icked shut

olding a photograph that shouldn't exist. Wear

muttered, tugging on a pair of trousers and

the door, something

rang in

eed

be my mate. I need t

? I

ad mind-l

time experiencin

who