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Oh, is that all you__e looking forward to - a break from your studies?_ He peered down at her with a knowing smirk.

They surrounded him here, but beyond, flames licked the cabins, the incendiary glow striking a similar spark inside him from the injustice they__ faced tonight.

See anything interesting out there in the woods of King Hall?

There were days I could run far, far away, never to see any of these people again.

Mislabeled the sign,_ a cocky voice called from the door. __hould read __oggie Daycare_ with the number of pups packed into this place.

I want to come all over you. I want to mark you as mine, so that every wolf in the pack knows who you belong to. _- Wolf Shifter Ryker Black

When we wake, it__ officially Christmas Eve._ __ood. Because I have something special to give you._ She turned over her shoulder and cocked an eyebrow. __hought you just did._ He chuckled, a deep and throaty sound. __omething else.

Welcome to Ruler__ purgatory. It__ the special club you love to hate.

At least, my boobs weren__ showing this time.

It__ nothing compared to happiness.__ snorted through gritted teeth. __hat happiness?___xactly.___eality interrupts__ Jaw clenching, my nostrils flared as I felt a gush of blood flow.A whisper. __ife._ His blink was slow. __he mother of all bitches.___nd the beauty?___ts absence is duly noted.___nly to be found by those later.__nother swipe of my cheeks. __nce they__e suffered to the point they scream for death.___ull circle.__is hand found mine in a gentle hold. __ain needs to be felt.

You four are a whole other breed.

Aleks opened his mouth to reassure his friend when heheard something that chilled him to the bone.__leksander Aaron Arkadion! What in the hell is wrong with you! Why are you dragging that mangledcorpse through town? You traumatized an entire first-grade class on a field trip to the town center,_ Ma said,striding up to them pointing down to the body that Aleks still had a hold of.He looked down at the ankle he was holding.__uck my life._ Aleks looked behind his ma at the trail of blood heading back to the ice cream parlor.Liam laughed, his arms wrapped around his waist holding his sides.

Better undead than dead.

He__ a he. I mean he__ a guy. He__ your mate. Oh my God you__e gay!_ Aleks exclaimed. Liam slapped himself on the forehead.

You__e candy to her. Something sweet, but nonessential.

For the record, I want to be anywhere you are," he murmured in her ear, so close he might as well have run his tongue along it.

The tears were there, waiting to make their escape. But she wouldn__ let them. Not this time. She couldn__. Because if there was one thing she had to do now, it was be strong and brave. She just had to be strong and brave for one week. That was no time at_all. And when the week was over and Milo had found his true_mate, she would disappear.

She kissed him with just as much exuberance, enjoying the feel of his warm, sexy mouth against hers, the caress of his hands on her cheeks, as she stroked his bare back with as much tenderness.