Chapter 7
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Reaching our park. 1 rushed in the bathroom, her sort haunting max. 1 Teached myself for considering hame
who possessed me to grip her arms, digging claws into her skin? What’s the difference between me and [ake?]]
Ryder marked. If there’s name. My wall and I had it was another than “Jake” the name sourced like death itself
Under the shower’s panding water. I gripped my belt, whipping my back with a resounding crack
Jestaca’s pained eyes seared my mind. Kage consumed m.) unleashed fary perimself, sram sprshalining failures. ||
“What?” Ibarked
“Alpha, are you okay?” my guard asked hianity.]]
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rem12” 1 retorted, rolling my eyes.
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Good, get the fuck out of sight roared
My guard footstep faded. I continued bashing my back, desperate to abur pessica’s anguish. Each crack of the bed my condence.
What weakness possessed me to leave her? Protecting Jessica iti my day and failed
A pranial grow from my throat. I dropped the baking the word vermalem, Istand thers, able to calm the tempest withe.
seripped myself in a towel, and stepped out of the bathrooon
My god’s presence ignited imitation Can’t I have five minutes prace?” maried. This was the reason bated coming to the pack, everyone always in may spe
“What in 107” I demanded.“)
Theeklers request a meeting, he replied,
Lalled my eyes. “Timor interested.“||
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bringing my mate. That’s all anyone cares about
My frustrationsimmered. No one asks how I feel. They don’t knave found her -human, married, and trapped with a montier. I glared at my betalingering.
“Get sui!” I sneled, frustration boiling over.
Handicaped onto the bed lengua sortured groan
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Exhaustion staged in a heavy sigh, but Jessor’s image invaded my ods. 1 jalied make.j
Jessica’s choice to stay with Jake balled me, How could she love someone who callously dismissed her new both experience?
jakerepore still seared my mind when I had called him earlier, when extra income claimed he was caught up with something ||
Tary exploded, slamming my firs agairan the wall. Desperation gripped me. How could I shose in the depth of my love? How much I’m willing to kill for her? What cond
summoned my beta through our mind link. “Come to my roun” commanded]
da he arrived. I opened my laptop, typing leptira’s name, Uber radiam stille and sparkling hazel eyes filled the screen. My heart ached I’d never seen her smile ||
I earned in be the one to ignite that joy. I longed to be her sanmanry, „ber sade hares.]]
The knock echoed||
“ster called My guard stepped aside. I beckoned him nearer.]
ville on my screen. His eyebrows arched, inquiring||
| fused an irreme gaze on my beta “Uncover everything about jessica. Her life, passions, renneman–every detail“]
My and added in before he departed, leaving me drowning in me prition inlledord “To the pour mater“]]
Sed a desperate affirminion. How could reveal the truth when Jessica remained shivious to our world.com.toourbond?
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Morning sunlight perced my eyes, and I grained, stretching, 1a harely slept, and now it’s day again, I needed to be at the Hospital ||
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“Can you at least allow me to breathe?” anked, my laced with anger.]
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silent battle?” I trapped, impatient. “Speak, se I’ve got beter things in attend to.“||
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The Excedarkoord “Yeewill have to bring your mate before the full moon, or we’ll insken you another:”[]
Tory imited. I stood up, abandoning the meeting, tenoring their pleas for me to come back, I stormed of the pack bon lines sending
How dare they dictate fat old would down his tongue verbond besitating. No one dares talk as an alpha with direspect||
Suddenly, my nose began to bleed, and my eyes widened. Jessica is in danger. My first instinct was to go to fake’s house.
I stared into their home, finding jate swined with another woman spast funded my rage.
“Jessica” | bellowed ignoring palay attempt to speak. But I got in response, sed moved to the middle of the tiling room “einer
Jake’s eyes widered an approached, my glazing “What have you dons in her? I graded, findended||
Jake allowed hed “1 I didnt do anything,” he dimmerd|||
“probe Sheet the house heality” jake choked
conmlaver me if not they would seemyalaure
My grip tightened. Whông hẳn off the ground. Ryder’s primal hay surged Inceded to be control, I can’t let Ryder take ontlever me if not th
I released Jake, he crashed to the Boar
If the ‘shamed because of you. “My voice dripped venom. “Youredeal“]
Wheeling ar
areant. I sprinted to the car, consumed by one thought saving Jedica, I decided to follow my instincts, and it led me to the hospital.
Thurst in the hospital my senses reeling jessica’s scent enveloped me, triggering a primal alarm, Spotting her on a stretcher, 1 shoved through the count
“Testino?” I prowded. seizing carerol
Kuching alongside the grey. I whispered urgently. Hang on mate. Please, be strong”
eiter, I swthly secured oxygen jesica’s kattered stomach reveded the horrific truthe jako’s brutality
why shed her wound rebel washing, minor injuries, and thely intervention
Themch our mind link.
«l commanded ny guard: “Kidnap Jake. Now:“||
“Yes. Alpha,” he replied, severing the connection
denching my fats, I seeiled tretime to settle the score with that hastardt
