moonbound:The Alpha's Curse

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a was still

the floorboard

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r arms folded over her silk nightgown. Her golden curls were pinned up neatly, makeup untouched despite th

if you answered, Mira twisted it. If y

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rubbed

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hunder cracked so loud

nd walked aw

brush so tight her hand shook

always l

that was before the fire, before the night she lost everything. Since then

, but her hea

rch, clutching a mug of rainwater as she watched the forest breathe. It always seemed alive a

the forest had always dra

her feel

something crack. N

wly, squinting

und. Close

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he saw

y

ing, and com

om just beyond the trees.

nst her ribs. She stepped

rged from t

hest rising and falling with slow, deliberate

Older.

ed. The rain slowed. Everything was quiet, ex

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t surged through her ve

then

pping throug

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nes tw

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ldn't b

uldn't

ng,turning int

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sted, only that when she woke,

n had s

en eyes

eflection in the puddle beneath h

s were

ing close to her.h

harply, stil

the trees s

a warrior. Dren

ilver eyes. A

already knew her. Like he

e, his voice mad

shi

parted, but

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's lips

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