The Alpha’s Obsession with the Rejected Mate
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Helena
“You were clearly speaking in parables,” I tell Jiro, my voice steady despite the exhaustion and fear weighing on every word.
Lucian instantly chips in, his tone sharp and mocking. “She is obviously too daft to understand riddles, and that is why she came here, thinking she could make us change our minds.”
Jiro raises a massive hand in a commanding gesture. “Enough, Lucian. Let her speak.”
He turns back to me and smiles, his single eye gleaming with dark amusement. “I knew your type. You still have a last fight in you.”