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I hated that Zeke had made her feel that way—correction, made us feel that way—until my wolf had broken free. No one should ever feel unvalued. Both these women would do anything to protect the ones they loved, even if it went against their beliefs. I’d always live with the regret of throwing Stevie into that basement when she’d been trying to protect me, but I couldn’t go back in time and change it. We had to move on, and I’d do everything I could to make it up to her in the future.“Listen, I’m not trying to be ungracious. It means a lot that each of you is looking at me with compassion and not disgust, but I need to head home and get some rest. I need to figure out how to move on from here. Time to pray to the goddesses and come to grips with this loss on my own.” Dina ran a hand down her stomach, smoothing the white priestess dress—a dress I was accustomed to seeing her in and probably would never see her wearing again.“I need to check on Jasmine.” Michael rose and yawned. “Janet
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A ring startled me awake. I jolted up. The clock said it was five in the morning. It wasn’t much later than when Bodey and I had fallen asleep.Samuel? I linked as I reached for my phone. Is everything okay?Yeah. Did something happen there? he replied instantly.Her phone is ringing, Bodey replied as an unknown phone number scrolled across my screen.“Who is it?” Bodey propped himself up, glancing at the phone.“I don’t know.” I didn’t want to answer it, but who knew what this could be about? “But I’d better answer.”Bodey nodded, and I swiped the phone and put it to my ear. “Hello?”“Is this Queen Caroline?” an unfamiliar, deep voice asked.I winced, not used to that name, and pulled the covers up to my throat. “Uh, yes. Who is this?”“King Sutton.” He paused. “We need to talk.”CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEBodey bolted upright in bed, his eyes locked on my face.My blood rushed through my veins, and I gripped the phone. I’d never expected to hear from Russell again, let alone his king, so t
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“I felt the same about your family. That conversation has always stuck with me. Over the years, I saw what he’d noticed back then. No matter what happened, Kel isolated herself from the other territories. We didn’t hear a damn thing from her until three years ago.”It was a whole lot of information to take in, and I wasn’t sure if I was awake enough to have this conversation. I yawned and covered my mouth, trying not to let King Sutton hear. I wasn’t bored, just exhausted.Bodey snickered. Let me go get you a cup of coffee.I grabbed his arm, and he stilled. I don’t want you to go. I want you to hear the entire conversation.He tapped my forehead gently and winked, Then open up our connection. I’ll be able to hear everything. I’ll be back in a few minutes. He kissed my nose and crawled out of our bed.All brain cells misfired as I stared at his naked ass, and when he bent down and snatched his pajama bottoms off the floor, a bit of drool puddled in the corner of my mouth. I wasn’t sur
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I tapped my foot to let out some nervous energy. With the way my decisions had been backfiring lately, I feared having them here would make things worse for us.We’re going to be careful, Bodey assured me, reaching over the center console to take my hand. If either one of us feels uncomfortable taking them back to the neighborhood, we won’t. We have credit cards, and we can book rooms at a hotel.He was right. I was letting my nerves get the best of me, but Lynerd’s betrayal had been a huge hit to my confidence.With each minute we waited, more sweat pooled in my armpits. I wasn’t a patient person to begin with, and this uncertainty was stressing me out even more.When the clock struck nine thirty, a horrible thought hit me. What if King Sutton had never planned to come? What if this was all a plan to get Bodey and me to the airport alone? He’d know that either we or Jasmine would come here to greet him. Either way, it would get Bodey and me exactly where he wanted us.That was when a
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Kissing her forehead, King Sutton rolled his eyes. “And don’t worry. She did just that.”Edward yawned. “I hate to rush the introduction, but I’d love to get settled in. We’ve been traveling nonstop.”I didn’t miss Bodey’s jaw tightening, and he didn’t miss a beat as he opened the front passenger door and waved me inside.As I slid into my spot, Edward opened the back seat and crawled into the back row, where he stretched out. His lackadaisical demeanor settled my nerves. If I were planning to betray someone, I might be able to sit back and relax, but I wouldn’t be able to lie down and take a nap.Brittany moved into the seat behind me as King Sutton and Bodey opened their doors at the same time.As Bodey drove off, I took a deep breath. They’d arrived, and we’d gotten out of there with no issue. It was promising, but that could change at any time.Merging onto the main road, Bodey glanced into the rearview mirror. “We were getting worried that something might have happened.”I faced
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When we pulled up to our white, modern, colonial-style house, all the lights were on. Bodey parked the Navigator in our driveway and opened the garage.By the time the five of us climbed out of the vehicle, the four royal advisors, Stella and Stevie, had come through the garage door to meet us.King Sutton’s eyebrows rose. “How many people live with you?”“Oh, we were just getting the place ready for you all.” Stella smiled, looking welcoming in her trendy long-sleeve, belted black dress. “The royal advisors wanted to greet you before we left.”“Your dress.” Brittany’s mouth dropped open. “I love it.”Stella chuckled. “Finally, someone here with fashion sense. Callie’d rather go barefoot than wear heels, and Stevie mostly sticks with cotton clothing.”I huffed. “The one time I wore heels, they prevented me from fighting and getting away from Kel’s wolves.” I glanced at King Sutton. “And I go by Callie.”Not even listening, Brittany pointed to the Navigator. “Oh, you should see what I
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He stopped and smiled, his irises lightening to a milky brown. Of course. I’ll make sure to keep some of our strongest back too, since we’ll want to take them with us. He hugged me then continued around the front of the house.“That’s a pleasant surprise,” King Sutton murmured when Samuel was far enough away that he wouldn’t hear the low words.Unsure what he meant, I turned my attention to him. “What?”“You and your brother.” King Sutton picked up the heavy luggage. “I feared there would be animosity between you two, but your relationship doesn’t seem strained at all—either that or you two are very good at pretending.”“Oh.” That was a fair assessment, and I could tell by the way the three of them were studying me that they were curious. I shrugged. “He didn’t want to rule. It’s been an adjustment since he expected to have this role, but he’s now a royal advisor and the alpha of Idaho. It works well, and Bodey and I listen to his opinions.”Edward yawned.“Let’s get some rest.” I smi
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“It’s all about appearances.” My throat ached, the few bites of breakfast I’d eaten heavy in my stomach. “A queen needs protection, and she wants to ensure no one questions her claim to the title.” I hated that I was beginning to understand her.Chelsea sat taller, the white priestess dress looking different on her, especially with Dina on the other side of her, dressed in black.“Were there any signs of witches?” Chelsea held a cup of tea in both hands.King Sutton winced. “We didn’t send any witches with them, but they saw five women working in a garden in the backyard. They wore dresses similar to yours.”“From what I remember, Kel’s royal coven consists of twenty witches.” Dina held her head high, but her dull-looking skin made her appear like a different person. “I’d estimate at least twenty there with her, just to be safe.”“Seventy is what we need to account for.” Bodey nodded. “Fifty shifters and twenty witches. We should bring at least double.”That sounded reasonable, but wh
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