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Smokes and Chains

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Cassius

I hated every step I took toward Isabella’s office.

In one hand, I held a bottle of one of my finest wines. Not because I was planning to toast anything. The taste of celebration was foreign now. No—this was just a gesture. A stupid, performative attempt to smooth over tension I didn’t even want to deal with. My mate was gone. My son had just recovered from being poisoned. And yet here I was, playing politics in my own goddamn house because Isabella’s family refused to stay in their lane.

I wanted to find Lorien. That was all that mattered. But how could I, when I had to babysit entitled in-laws and pretend my patience wasn’t cracking down the middle?

When I reached her door, I didn’t knock. I just walked in, because frankly, I didn’t care if she was busy.

She was. Of course. Sitting in her office like she owned it—like it wasn’t the seat of my power she’d slowly started decorating with her velvet curtains and glass ornaments. Her legs were crossed, her manicured nails tapping
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Did I miss a chapter? Where did Lorien go? Last chapter Lorien told him to get out of the hospital room right??
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  • The Alpha's Rejected Omega   Bad Auras and Stray Dogs

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  • The Alpha's Rejected Omega   A Fragile Thread

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