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't healing fast.

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was w

aw clenched, a thin layer of sweat on his brow. When he muttered her name-bar

reaming

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she said. You nee

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ack against the stone, exhaling slowly

tightened.

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she said. Th

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. He was calm in a way most alphas weren't. Tired, maybe. But clea

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wrought. My own peopl

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save

yet. You're s

than

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