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Chapter Forty Nine
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Blake POV
"What do you mean there there?" I asked my stomach twisting. Vomit rose in my throat. I balled my fists, digging my nails into my palms. Maddox looked at me with tears in his eyes and pain etched into his face. Lena threw herself into my arms sobbing.
"Blake, I'm sorry," Maddox told me trying to take my hands. Lena stroked her hands down my back.
"No," I whispered, "my dad is dead. He died. He was murdered. He just wouldn't..."
"He was there," my wolf whispered, "and deep down I think you know it."
He'd been torturing me with this devastating truth since we left the woods. I tried to block him out, focusing on Kayla's new powers but he still whispered to me in the back of my mind-crushing my world and everything I knew. Tears built behind my eyes. My throat tightened. The massive bedroom started closing in around me. My eyes scanned the room seeking an escape. The sobs and heartfelt pi
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