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KESTER.

Kasmine was chaos personified, her presence pulling every dark and dangerous thread of restraint I had taut. Well, she would always bear the consequences, as far as I was concerned.

She could yell, curse, and claw at the barriers I'd built, but ultimately, she was mine. She just didn't know it yet.

Although I couldn't get my hands on any solid evidence yet, I knew she was hiding something. And according to my source, there was more I needed to know about her and Jake, which was why I made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Of course, that was after I made sure he was suddenly discharged from his place of internship without any offense.

Everyone has a price. The trick is knowing which strings to pull... and when to tighten them.

"Everything is set now, Alpha," Knox said.

"You may leave," I dismissed him and his team.

I had returned home early today. I know Mine would have the chance to talk to that subhuman in my absence, but it was okay. I was handling a better situation here at
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Tamar Alizeh
Kester doesn’t see Kasmine as a person. He’s turned on by her tears without considering or caring about why they’re there. He sees her as a sexual object he wants to possess and not an actual human being who he loves. The possessiveness was hot in the beginning but this is just getting sick.
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Sirena Mares
I'd love to see Jasmine unalive Jester towards the end of the novel. Or chemically castrate him, which so far has been the only effective treatment to bring relief and normalcy to ppl who suffer severe cases of sexual OCD like the one he presents. Can't fix that level of crazy with anything less.
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Carmen Ferrer-Torres
I totally love this book. It's a shame I can't read the whole book in one setting
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