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Every word cut like glass, but I held still, refusing to let her see me flinch. She continued, spiraling into her tale of misery. “I was a rogue once, yes—but I fought, I survived, I married into this pack twice! My first husband killed himself. My second betrayed me—he tried to sell my pups before they were slaughtered by the men who worked for my ex-boyfriend. My children, gone. And now my current husband—he faces criminal charges when he is a good man who deserves better than this cursed life.”