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Chapter 9: The Girl I Shouldn’t Want.

Alpha Duaine’s Standpoint

After Lessie Storms Out.

The door closed shut behind her. I stayed where I was still, silent and vibrating with frustration.

Her scent stayed. That crazy vanilla and wild rose.

My hands were still in fists, and my jaw was so tight it felt like it might break.

You should’ve stopped her.

Cairo, shut up.

You should’ve accepted her. Marked her. Claimed her. She was right there hurting and you let her walk away again.

I gritted my teeth harder. “She’s a brat,” I muttered aloud. “She talks back. She challenges me. She’s reckless. She smells like chaos and bad decisions.”

She’s your mate.

“She’s nineteen!”

So? The Moon Goddess doesn't care about age. She sees our souls. You know it. I know it. So stop running.

I slumped on my leather chair, rubbing my eyes hard.

There was a sudden knock at the door. I had no time to yell at whoever it was.

The door flew open, and in came Levi, the Beta of the Silver Crest Pack, my old war buddy,
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