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llway into the empty second-floor guest room, and stood in th

, I left the zippers locked; this house was no

the pale Omega looking back at me as my fingert

known what

xtbooks call it self-blindness, and every Omega's first honest

ff a form when I was sixteen: white tea,

my phone and looked at the red circle around tomor

ll velvet box holding the custom platinum cu

oment, I walked to the corner and dropped it

ning table downstairs, a small strawberry cake with a singl

except for the antique grandfath

he kitchen for a glass of water, slowing my steps as

acking wooden blocks, tilting

rayce said in a sweet, clingy voice. "Your pherom

hut, no signature of her own - what Grayce had was a chi

arlsie had told her, forty times

o prefer one person's air to another

rayce's hair and l

ie Charlsie will always

sted with distaste as s

les, bans candy, and makes the doctor check my gland schedul

s nice. She sme

d struck me hard across the face, my fingernails digging

nd walked back to my seat at the dining table ju

dark bespoke suit, unbuttoned his jacket wit

im, forcing my v

dy. Do you wan

cold gaze sweeping over the small s

e time to play hous

nd my water glass until r

would have dinner tonight.

S-class Alpha aura pressing h

own, and she's shaken up. Grayce is crying to go check on

ic face, a sharp laugh al

r bumper and needs your compan

ld scoff, his eyes n

wing jealous tantrums over every little

for an answer, striding into the sittin

the dining room entrance to give me an apolog

ner, Dagny. Frazier just gets way too n

my house, with her gland open, broadcasting warm peaches at my husband's

only have seen a kind

not smell the cedar rolling off my husband.

her, the heavy oak front doors slamming sh

le candle burn down until red wax dripped onto

under the cake, and scraped the entire thing

er Room, took my coat off the rack with steady h

Bond Severance and Separation Agreement I had drafted with my lawy

ny Myers" on the final page, the nib scr

o an unmarked kraft envelope an

f the guest room, pulled the door shut, and wen

d the kraft envelope dead center on the polishe