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Author: Chihiro
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Violetta

I kept my back to Ferrara when he returned and pretended to be asleep. We both knew it wasn't true, but he quietly stretched out behind me and laid a hand on my hip. I almost gave him a warning growl, but his touch did help settle my wolf. Her anxiety at being alone on Marsh's land was suffocating.

I hated how he made me feel. Calm. Centered.

Desperate. Needy.

Furious.

The man gave me whiplash, and now, I had his kiss to haunt me. His real kiss. Not just the ones I sometimes had in my dreams.

Somehow, with him behind me, I managed to slip off into sleep. I had no idea how much had passed before my wolf's panic had been bolting upright.

Next to me, Ferrara had already started to pull me against him when a blade shredded the tent, and Marsh's face loomed near. He was streaked with blood and had a crazed look in his eye.

"Something wrong?" Ferrara said tensely.

"Stupid bitches think they have a say in what I can and can't do," he snarled. "This one is mine. Shane gave her to me,
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