His Forsaken Mate's Ultimate Cold Awakening

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f my ten-year-old stepson, Leo. The next, I was violentl

r from my lungs. My heavy Luna skirts transformed into a d

ater, I heard a second splash. Leo had deliberately

wooden bridge. The suffocating, dominant scent of pine and w

fated mate,

esperate and foolish hope ignited in my chest. I thrashed against the d

n! Hel

eaming at him with all my might, pl

violently into my shoulder, crushin

ning body as a

ed, icy veil, I watched my fated mate propel himself forward off my sinki

olently underwater, my right hand slamming hard

scooped the boy into his arms, his powerful Alpha ph

anicked expression on the boy's face instantly vanish

in my chest was nothing compared to the

ce was sickeningly gentle as he quickly stripped

ud, tearing my fingernails, and hauled myself onto the freezing stone bank. I colla

al tears. "Daddy! She pushed me! She said she was going to p

the garden plummete

engulfed me. Julian stalked over, his eyes blazing wi

hand, a desperate, foolish hope still flickering in my chest as I tried

pha aura flared with such aggressive, suffocating repulsion

ound. My injured right hand slamm

ac

y echoed in the quiet garden. Agonizing, white-hot pain shot

n the snow. He only saw a manipulat

Rosalind lay on her deathbed, I married you for one reason: to fulfill her dying wish for you to care for her only pup! I gave you

cusation crashed over

are some kind of treasure? I allowed you to brew those lowly herbs to nurse Leo because I pitied you!

go black, but his words were what

the supreme pride of the Hayes bloodline. I was the youngest master apothecary in the ki

medicine box in a damp cellar. I gave up my magic, my brilliant career, a

y love was just a tool. My life's

to be loved evaporated. The tears that

to Julian's eyes. My blue eyes were entirely devoid of warmth, s

eerie, so chillingly calm, that Julian's furious tirade died

struck by a sudden, inexplicable panic a

ill no longer touch the young master, nor his medic

is new, unreadable Elara. "You think you can play games with me?! You ar

on away, his furious stride

ind, blood dripping from my fin

ogany door behind me. I walked straight to t

, and I am certainly not g

eep in her cellar lay my confiscated medicin

claim my brilliant career. And once I have my po

thy tricks" they despised become the exact mira