FLORA I walked alone, minding my own business, still turning over how deep Simone's words had cut. She'd called me jealous. She knew me too well, and I'd let that familiarity between us become something she could use like a blade whenever it suited her. That was on me, maybe, for letting it get that close in the first place. "I didn't mean for it to go that far..." Simone's voice drifted from behind a door, and something in the tone of it made my stomach turn. What was she doing in the pack's meeting room? "Kyle. The girl admits it. Release my daughter." The voice was unmistakable, Olivia's father. They were discussing yesterday's incident. Simone had admitted something. Was the recording real after all? It was the only explanation that made any sense of what I'd just overheard. I glanced back down the hall, checking for maidservants or soldiers. No one. I pressed my ear to the door instead, straining to catch more, but all I got was murmurs and the occa
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