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d and damp stone. My head throbbed

nees were swollen, pulsing with an agony that confirmed they were

va

drifted fr

darting nervously in the gloom. He

oat like sandpaper. "Go

oor with a trembling hand. "He's calming the

de me. He immediately began cleaning the ga

e thick with suppressed emotion. "He... he

void of emotion. The pain had bur

"He's planning a public trial tomorrow.

" I rasped. "I'm

ou can'

I said, meeting his eyes. "

ulled a syringe and a vial of cl

ics death perfectly. It lasts for two hours. I'll declare you dead from your injuries, h

rate plan. A d

t," I

d, the needle hovering. "This d

y stomach. Beneath the pai

d. "My wolf is healing me.

himself. He tied a to

aid, grippi

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o see her

ho

hl

ssed, eyes widening. "Sh

l come here. She wants to gloat. She won't be

s ri

taccato of heels clicking on s

emale voice com

ill wearing her pristine white gown, l

hadows of the corner cell,

sound echoing off the damp walls. "The

ing position, fighting the n

pregnant," I

r. "So? Ethan thinks I am.

d. "Nine months is a lo

carriage in a month or two. Caused by the stress of your 'treason.' Ethan will be so heartb

r. A calculated,

. "Why me? I n

arl. "You have his respect. Even as an Omega, he listens to you. He rel

to the bars, gripp

r nostrils flaring. "I smell it

od ran

than ever figured out what you really are, he'd never l

uspected the Wh

pathetic

rrected, straightening

away, her heels clic

Ava. I hop

emerged from the shadows. He

evil," Ben

I said, my voice hard. "Sh

out m

it,

the needle ag

her side," he said, tea

cted th

o

, freezing the blood in my arteries. My heart

came rushing

of Ethan's face wh

silently into the void as the blackness

en, no

itor fl

beep filled the cel

eyes, and opened the cell

" he announced, his vo

silver light ignited in the darkness of her wom