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A CLOSE SHAVE

Auteur: Esther M.
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Gemma's POV

I stay on my guard for the rest of that night, watchful.

The prospect of being sneaked upon by another stalker like the first, and the fact that Alpha Grey did it with so much skill to an already hired assassin like me leaves me unsettled. The Akari league and their rogue leaders are counting the days away, and being off my guard could cause a lot of trouble for me.

And the mate-bond...

That is the difficult part.

I feel it every time he's close to me, his eyes gazing into mine-with my inner wolf howling to be united with him and marked by him. It even makes me worry if I can ever muster the will in my heart to kill him when I have to, with the Akari league waiting on me to bring their plans to fruition.

Maybe I will only know when the time comes for me to do it.

And when the time does come, I hope to use my hatred for the mate bond to kill him. If I can do away with my second chance mate, then I could just be free.

Yes. I will be free.

**

Later on, I move closer to the me
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