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e door to my room

floor, shoving me into a chea

he estate and practically tossed into the Blackwo

rs of the Blackwood Pack House'

decorated in shades of grey and pe

replace rema

gne sat in a crystal ice bucket, the melting

ed into l

's your first night, my lady! The whole pack will think you're a laughingstock. They say t

, moving toward the small kitc

olf to howl for my mate,

er; he was drowning in the agony of his cu

ried herbs from my bag-a sp

r filling with my natural scent of wild hyacint

g the mug to Nia. "Give it to Beta Marcus. Tell him it's

oubtful but

the pristine, untou

g into the high-tech command center, the

mented beast, offering a sliver of

minutes

new linen in my roo

violently, making the h

cedar and snow bled under the doorfra

mmered agai

the silent hallway, stoppi

s handle

n, and the temperature in th

ped over th

man, his broad shoulder

pt over me-cold, detached, and

Hattie, trembled so violently that the

the floor, terrified of the lethal pred

Kaelen c

elly rumble that vibrated

out without a word, pulling t

ounded like a gunshot in

look at the

ce at the champagne ch

replace, keeping a deliberat

gan, his tone entirely devoid of warmth. "But do not

my arms around myself to play t

l a broken pact. Let me make this completely clear. I do not need a mate. I do not want a mate. I

absolute protection of the Blackwood Pack. In exchange, you will raise those boys as your own. But I will nev

is muscles c

ecting the

ed dreams of a young bride realizing she was trapped i

my palms, forcing a sheen

hrinking into myself until

submissive curtsy. "I am just a wolfless Omega. To be granted your protection and not be bea

across the room,

through m

me, his brow furrowe

mpliance ba

dden ambition, but all I offered him was the hollow resi

ly muttered, his voice tight

the boundaries of our sterile arrangement,

me, his hand reaching for the br

it," I ca