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The comfortable bed made me sleep like a baby, feeling pampered for the first time in my life. Perhaps it was because Riven had made out with me, but my sleep almost felt foreign after all the chaos of the past days. The comfort of this room, far from the servants’ cramped quarters, wrapped around me like a cocoon.I was half-dressed when Riven appeared in the doorway. Without even turning, I could feel the heat of his gaze.“You really are never going to know what this sight does to a man,” he said, drinking me in.I hid my shiver and quickly dressed. “At least knock,” I said casually. “I am harmless.”“Harmless,” he repeated, walking in with a half grin. “I’d like to see anyone tell me that with this.” He paused, wrapped his arms around my waist, tilted my chin up, and kissed me from behind.“I want to keep you as just mine,” he said softly, his hands roaming deliciously over my body. “Think you can handle that?”Forcing a teasing smile, I pulled away from him. “I might, but I’d rat

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Riven was talking to Jax in low tones that didn’t sound casual. Across the hall, Kain stood with a cluster of Alphas, all giants with the kind of arrogance you could smell before you saw them when the doors creaked open again, and my body locked up.Alpha Garrick walked in with Selena and Astoria.Seeing them was like a punch from another life. The sound of my old chains rattled in my head, each name dragging up memories I’d buried deep. I hadn’t seen Selena in over a month, and I didn’t miss her for a single heartbeat.I turned fast before they could spot me and pushed through the crowd toward the far side of the room, where Tova was standing. She was with the priestess now. But the second I reached them, their words were cut off. Athena barely looked at me.“Lira,” she said, her voice flat and cold. No smile. No warmth. Then she turned and walked off without another word. “What’s with her?” I muttered to Tova.Tova’s face was blank, like she was hiding something big. “Athena’s alwa

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LiraThe next few days passed quietly. The Alphas were buried in preparations for the ball; I stayed in my room.Angie’s laughter drifted down the corridor once in a while, followed by the sound of her feet pattering away. But when I caught a glimpse of her, her skin still had the rashes from the allergy.I didn’t trust Zuri, not after what happened with the doll. And I couldn’t shake the thought that she might be feeding the child something to make her worse, to make me look like a curse in this house. The idea made my skin crawl.I told Tova what I’d noticed.Her brows pinched together. “Lira, I know Zuri’s not a monster, but she wouldn’t harm her own niece.”“She already used her once,” I said. “What’s to stop her from doing it again?”Tova sighed, wiping her hands on her apron. “You’re thinking too much. Besides, Angie’s grandmother, Ophelia, will be here soon. Maybe that’ll keep Zuri occupied.”My chest tightened. “You knew her?”Tova hesitated, then shrugged. “Not well. She’s… o

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