in, tears spilling as

ay ticket to Cloud pack

voice wind-soft:

or crea

heels striking the floor lik

I said, placin

pple incident was Byron's doing

me, she'd sought blood;

h, but only a hol

n and I will chaperone. You st

tood," I

ce. "Pack matter." She left

released

essages flooded in-lun

beamed: "This

He's handsome! Your fa

hem from school, they sta

ed from my gra

ghed-all these years,

, the cubs bu

ankle at the lunar games-Mama

e entire healers' for him,

e lava deserts aroma filled the air. But at the si

Nora sh

," I sai

iar! You're still angry-

ed: "We di

studied them-strangers,

isown you too. Seek B

irs, their howls trailed

shove str

Di

he stairs. Pain exploded through my bo

onto the floor, I saw my cubs at the

ed!" Nor

us deserts!

ouldn't reconcile these imps with t

or burs

ranspire

rough, Byron Hawke at

iled, flinging t

our deserts-an

ked from the refuse

r own cubs?" Her tone iced: "Dis

blood soaking my

ever been'fit'

always you

upils

te, and cubs crave him as sire

d. Jessie's snar

s just arranged.

ars. Foolish me, to th

," Byron soothed

are fri

swept up Nora, took Liam's h

: No mor

oft. This life

birthday banquet blazed i

red as Jessie hosted, bu

ng to Byron, chirp

left him, her softnes

liced throu

devotion to Mr. H

er lead-only se

tals, my shadow

th: in their world, I'd

r. Hawke-their courtship blazed brig

es eternal. Mate or not, he

heart froze solid. I

, a hand stopped

ssed the threshold,

period ends in three moon

out qu

"Jessie and cubs care not fo

descended.

BO

ts failed, plung

ked, phone light f

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