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Chapter 24: The Beta's Loyalty

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Clara's POV

"You need to leave."

Damon's voice startles me. I'm sitting in the library, one of the few places I'm allowed without an army of guards, when he walks in and closes the door behind him.

"Excuse me?"

"Leave. Go back to your human life. Tonight, if possible." He doesn't sit, just stands there with his arms crossed. "I'll help you. Get you past the guards, give you money, whatever you need."

My book falls closed. "Does Kael know you're here?"

"Kael doesn't know a lot of things." Damon moves to the window, checking the grounds like he expects someone to be listening. "He doesn't know that half the pack is two seconds away from open rebellion. He doesn't know that Marcus has spies in our kitchen staff. And he doesn't know that you staying here is destroying everything."

"He knows I'm a problem…"

"Problem doesn't cover it, Clara." He turns to face me, and I see something raw in his expression. "Sofia died yesterday. Reed lost his arm, they had to amputate because the wounds wou
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