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“And yet you’re ready. How fortuitous.”My stomach rolled. Had he hoped to catch me dressing? To sneak in while I was still showering?To catch me asleep?“You promised me that you would not enter my suite without my permission.”“I knocked. It’s just dinner, Anna. After all this time, I thought we’d progressed past the fear.” Moving to the small dining table, he pulled out a chair. “Mate.”“Just because you say it, just because you’ve lied to your pack or forced your pack to say it, does not make it true, and we both know it. I will never be your mate, Emerson, and honestly, I would think you’d honor your wolf a little bit better.”He snarled, but only for a moment before he schooled his features. “You aren’t ready. I understand. It will take time for you to mourn the loss of your previous mate. Or perhaps you are still hoping that he’ll come rescue you. I have time.”“Time for what?”“Time for you to understand your new reality. Come. Eat with me. Tell me about your day.”That Emers
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AnnaA dark bruise formed on my cheek the next day. I dressed for work and opened the door only to find a female guard waiting for me. She bustled her way into my suite, covered my bruise with makeup and pinned the necklace back around my neck. “It’s so pretty. You should show it off,” she said mildly.Right. So pretty.The first hour of opening the bar was usually a quiet one for me. Everyone else was busy at their stations, the manager was counting the money, and it was just me, flipping on the automatic switch, and planning while I worked. Only today, I was constantly interrupted by a parade of my co-workers who wanted to admire the necklace. Their simpering made me sick to my stomach.“Oh, how beautiful. Our alpha has amazing taste.”“The two of you are like a fairy tale. I can’t wait to find a mate of my own who treats me like this.”“He loves you so much.”Don’t vomit. Just smile and nod. You can survive if you just smile and nod.Hiding the necklace down my shirt, I opened the
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AnnaIt took every ounce of energy not to scream. At her smug expression, I forced a slow smile and ignored the lump forming in my throat. “Congratulations,” I managed.Did this explain why there was darkness in my mating bond? Jax had found a way to dampen it magically so he could be with Kenzi?This was what I wanted. This was what was best for the pack. Best for him. This was why I left.But damn it, I thought it might take a little more time to happen.Kenzi’s eyes dropped to my necklace and she gasped. “Oh, how pretty! I’m going to have to tell Jax to get me one. I would look amazing in black diamonds.”She would.Popping on the barstool, she waved Emerson away. “Give me a few minutes to catch up with my old friend, will you?”Emerson hesitated. “A few minutes. Anna doesn’t like to be distracted from work.”“No. She wouldn’t. That bar was the only thing she cared about.” Turning her head, she watched Emerson walk away, and then she snapped her head and sneered. “Don’t you look li
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AnnaIt was a full thirty minutes after I’d returned to the apartment that there was a shimmer in the air. “It’s clear,” I said in a low voice and moved to the television. I picked a music channel with angry chick rock to play just in case the guards could hear through the door, which I doubted.“If you’re here to trick me, I won’t think twice about shoving a knife through your heart,” I told her.“I expect nothing less. I assume from your get-up that Kenzi is here?”“My outfit is none of your business. Tell me what the hell is going on.”“Very well. The short version is that unlike the other pack witches, I did not ask for sanctuary and protection. I was taken nearly three years ago. I’ve never been to this godforsaken mountain in my life. I was taken by another witch with a spell much like what happened with Amaya, only I wasn’t killed. I’ve been used ever since, and when Emerson learned that my magic isn’t all that strong, abused.”“Why didn’t you say anything to the other witches?
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AnnaEight wolves descended on Kenzi. I recognized Emerson as he pulled her off me and threw her across the clearing. When he stared down at me, there was nothing but disgust in his eyes. No worry. No compassion.When he growled, I whimpered and tried to drag myself away. Finally, he shifted back to human. “Leave her,” he commanded his other wolves. “Kill her, and we’ll start a war that we’re not prepared for yet.”Turning my head, I watched numbly as Kenzi fought off her attackers. Her eyes on me, she snarled. “Leave my territory,” he said dismissively. “I can’t have you killing my mate, now can I?”She shot one more look at me and then bounded away. Nobody followed her. Their eyes were on Emerson, waiting for instructions, but his attention was fully on me. “Shift before you die,” he said mildly.Painfully, I tried to sit up but pain exploded in my hip. Kenzi had, no doubt, broken several bones. “Can’t,” I whimpered. “She’s too scared.”Emerson cursed loudly and turned to his wolves
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Jax“Saul.” The lump in my throat was so large that I could barely get the words out. “She’s so damn cold.”“Then let’s get her warm.” Ever the steady wolf, Saul opened the door to my room, and I carried her inside. Now that she was in my arms again, the last thing I wanted to do was let her go, but even Kenzi was looking at her anxiously. I needed the healer to look at her. “She may be your mate, but she still requires privacy. You may wait in my room while you get your report.”I sure as shit wanted a report. Like why my mate was near death, and why there was an extra person in the group. Janelle. The witch. Her eyes were practically glued to the floor.“I will be right next door, and I’ll return as soon as Saul is done. Whatever Emerson did to you…” I couldn’t finish it. “We’ll find a way to make it better. I swear it.”She gave me a tight smile and nodded. Slowly, the group herded out of the room next door.This plan had been five weeks in the planning, and it was the flimsiest pl
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I was so far from my pack that I didn’t have much strength in my pack bonds. My mating bond was dark, and I’d severed Finn, Amelia, and Saul from their bonds so they could get close to Emerson’s territory while seeming like rogues. Kenzi was the only pack bond I had to comfort me.And Anna. Strange. I could still sense her bond. “She didn’t bond with him.”“Not yet, but it was only a matter of time. He intended to kill all her co-coworkers if she didn’t bond with him by the next full moon.”“Co-workers?” I glanced at Kenzi.She shrugged. “It seems that on the surface, he was trying to make her happy. He had her working at a bar.”I glanced down at Janelle. “It would be stronger if we were on my land when we did this, but it’ll have to do. What’s your full name?”“Janelle Sweden Myers.”“Janelle Sweden Myers, do you pledge yourself and your magic to the Black Diamond pack, your loyalty to me as your alpha, and do you swear that all your actions forward will be in service to me and mine
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JaxThe small little honeyed wolf was curled up tightly in the bed. She gave me a half-hearted wag as I sat on the edge and gently stroked my hand over the top of her head. “Is it all right if I join you?”Another thump of the tail. I settled back against the wall and resisted the urge to pull the small wolf in my lap. My own wolf rose inside me, but he didn’t try to take control. Instead, he just came close enough so Anna’s wolf could feel me.She sighed and leaned against me.“I guess I should catch you up on what happened,” I began. “The crone called. She was furious that her maiden had been hiding out on our land, so after she finished blistering my ears, she provided some information on Amaya and her twin, Yelena. Apparently, they were close. So close that when Amaya came for the maiden position, the crone was certain both of them were there. She admitted that she’d performed a spell to separate two souls when Amaya disappeared.She assumed the spell worked, and the twins had sim
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Mica squeezed her eyes shut tightly. Her stomach churned. It was exactly what she thought—they weren’t even going to try to save Echo, too certain in their own knowledge.“It has to happen soon, Hayden,” Ryder said, his voice low, urgent, and… sorrowful. “I can’t keep holding my tongue. You are my Alpha, and I’ve tried to respect your decisions, but the situation is becoming untenable. This is my mother and my sister we’re talking about. I will tell Mica, if that’s what you would prefer.”“No,” Hayden answered.Why? Why did he not want Ryder to tell her? Tears filled Mica’s eyes and she crept away, not wanting to hear any more. Was Hayden afraid she’d let Echo go? Did he think it was up to him as her mate to tell her that he was going to kill her mother?He doesn’t consider it killing Mom, though. He considers it a mercy, freeing her from the demon.It didn’t make Mica feel any better. She carefully opened the kitchen door, slipped through, and softly closed it. Her heart pounded in h
