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ou have any idea what I just saw on that

iend Daja Merritt's horrified screech over the lo

ha

ire country, and it's the birthday gift that bastard Corbett Harrell gave you l

up and left in the house yesterday. Speech

u there?"

hrew it out. She probably went diggin

he'd been physically pained. "What the actual fuck did you just say?

l you something. Corbe

ds hung in the air

ment, the doorbell was being pr

r to find Daja s

elevator and y

ke it was sudden-death overtime. Was what you said on

sealed divorce decree that

document, her eye

mating bond was a body bag? You've hung onto Corbett's Alpha shadow for eigh

ed it," I

oked at me in

ed down on you. You bled yourself dry just to hold onto the position of

serious about that undergrad this time. He even asked if I cou

fying calmness. The

moment

e him out," Daja offered out of n

s to process that befor

he enforcers around here. I guarantee they wouldn't find a single tr

eling a flicker of

wanted this divorce. You should be happy fo

reak and frustration. "Something this huge, and you're only tel

around me. I smiled

let go, it honestly

onto my collarbone, right above where my claiming mark should be

e had an entire hard drive full of shifter

was happening, Daja comple

eriously get laid?" Daja practically

, I scrambled to p

ances req

it... Were you drugged into an artificial

gave her a brief rundown of the divo

moment to diges

u actually find a beast of your own? Judging by how tho

collar, a wicked grin s

y cough. "It w

ly going into heat right in

ed. My neck b

"Goddamn. What kind of Alpha turned my pure, innocent best f

sense," I said, fli

ur own reputation just to make things easier for Corbett? Girl, you can't sacrifice you

ignation. I could easily

?" I asked, complete

artha was the only family I had left who actually gave a damn about me

s more than enough for me. As for my reputation... after years of being Co

rip their tongues out. But you better not look back, and definitely don't regre

going to blow a gasket. And then there's your wicked stepmot

handle, but the timi

looked confused, so

Corbett's lawyer. Once Harrell Corporation releases

ctically bulged

n any of the Alphas in my video stash. The way you

really

sure if I was embarrass

efused to touch you for three years, completely ignoring the absolute prize right next to him

-bin pu

t died

sunset over the city

messages to pack group chats, and finally landing on major non-mainstream media p

anchor... it never stopped. In the end, I was always the one forced to step up, playing the role of the devoted mate

o

left was the cold, mechanical voice

e are entirely unaware of Ms. Hensley's recent activities. I am speaking on behalf of Harrell Corporation to

, destroying my reputati

ruly had

I cared about was the enlarged phot

nly thing I couldn't get out of my head were the bright red scratch mar

ed the picture, I didn't think much of i