THE ALPHA QUEEN'S CAPTIVE MATE

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eyes bega

wl escaped

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d toward t

the Blackthorn kingdo

voice echoed

the Blackt

tire life believing A

thing his father h

ied beneath y

silver pendant

g his mother

in his life, the pe

xpressio

the he

red across the

cient

above

it, three wo

odline

red at t

d why his father had

ooked at him as thoug

ever been to serv

for something f

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