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THE RULE I REFUSED TO GIVE

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CHAPTER 56

I stared at my mother’s hand in the black water.

The skin was pale. The fingers shook. The nails were torn like she’d clawed at stone until blood replaced hope.

“Mama,” I rasped, and the collar tightened like it hated the word.

Mara’s smile was inches from my face. “Give me the law,” she whispered. “Or watch her sink.”

Kieran stood behind me, coal-bright eyes gleaming. The mate bond tugged—soft now, insistent—like it wanted to offer me
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