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CHAPTER 10

Penulis: Jackieketra
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-07-13 07:22:48

“Wife.”

The word dropped into the room and detonated.

For a second, nobody moved. Not Xavier. Not Mace. Not Silas with his cold little undertaker face. Even Nicole went still beside me, and Nicole only went still when she was either sleeping or deciding where to hide a body.

I stared at Elder Miriam.

Then I laughed.

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t even really amusing. It came out sharp and wrong, like my brain had slammed into a wall and decided humor was cheaper than a breakdown.

“No,” I said.

Mir
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  • Married To The Alpha By Mistake    CHAPTER 79

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  • Married To The Alpha By Mistake    CHAPTER 78

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