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Persuasion and Manipulation

Author: Arden River
last update Last Updated: 2024-05-18 19:13:23

Saige:

I stood at Asher’s side combing my hands through his hair. He turned around with fury and hatred filling every inch of his dark eyes.

I pulled my hand back in fear but never broke contact with him. “Now I’ll never be able to find my real mate”, he growled.

I knew what he meant. It was the talk of his family and all the high-ranking pack members. Scarlet wasn’t his real mate and she admitted it.

Although I thought I would be happy about it, I soon realized that wasn’t the case.

My mate hated me with every being ever since he found out.

He now would never know if I was his real mate or not and he would no longer be able to find her due to marking me.

I took hold of his hand shakily. Scared that I might anger him even more.

His eyes didn’t soften for one minute nor did he try and grab hold of my throat. I was in this middle grey area of hatred and love and I hated every moment of it.

“It’s OK Ashy baby, I love you and that’s all that matters”

He pulled his hand out of mine an
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