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18. True Love

Author: Kiki Jones
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HAYLEE

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“Argh…”

I groaned as my eyes fluttered, my head aching like it was about to explode. I blinked rapidly, holding my head as I pushed myself off the soft surface of my bed–

Wait a second.

Where am I?

My blurry eyes looked around and I realized that I was indeed in my room and on my bed. If my head was banging, I would have thought what happened between Alpha King Xalen and me was a dream… a terrible dream.

One where he confessed that he couldn’t fight the pull of the bond and one where he nearly took my life because I tried to reject him… a terrible dream.

As the memories of what I assumed was last night, as I could see the brightness of a new day sneaking into my room through the windows, flooded my mind, I started wishing that all of it was a dream.

It would be better and easier that way–

“It’s not a dream. We were this close to death, Hay.” Liya let out a wolfy sob, reliving the injustice we suffered at the hands of our supposed mate, one who was supposed to protect
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