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birthday banquets played in my

ars, I had been the

charts, and selected the floral centerpieces to

standing at the head of the g

m that Kael finding me as his Mate was proof

as just

ne buzzed on the glass coffe

message f

chedule, detailing the spee

ottom, he had add

ill be there, and her nervous system cannot handle t

he screen for

tossed the phon

ce Beta warrior from my pack

ad the message, and let out

ds in the air. "He is setting rules for his Mate to pro

from the table, my

oth. "We haven't completed the Marking. Technically, i

e, her eyes soft

et this go, Elara? Are y

, a cold light fli

by his own misplaced hero complex is

d, shaking

financial collapse, you personally authorized the transfer of thirty million gold coins into their coffers.

ion and his current political r

of my full-length mirror, adjustin

e began

as K

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cond time. T

cked it up and pr

asked, my

greeting. "I need you to bring

stopped in

t was a sacred relic l

agic, meant to protect the wearer from spiritual

though I already

plained, his voice thick with that annoying, p

rties. I want her to wear it

tretched over

y reflection

piece of my ancestors' soul, and hang it around

arned, his tone growing sharp. "It is just a p

my eyes in

fted from their normal deep brown

e me was waking up,

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e bringing a very special g

phone before h