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suite, the doctors watching like vultures, the way my own husband had bred me like livestock

You'll be cast out with nothing," Harlene

l absolutely not leave with nothing. I will make him pay fo

ft the Declaration of Rejection and the asset d

ather when I married into this pack, and my only true companion in this cold, gilded cage. After being used and discarded like an animal last night,

Eleanor sat at the head of the long table, her face stern. Karin Garcia, for once, was smiling

servant, placed on a large platter

is 'injuries' are finally healed, and you two can finally have a child. I'm so happy for you both!

ull of admiration, as if her ge

e was spinning for her too-the same sweet lie he'd whi

gerated flourish, Karin

oasted birds, roasted to a golden brow

rld s

the larger bird. The familiar small

s Cirru

d sound ripped from my throat. I shot to my feet, my chair s

ed at the platter. "What...

I had no idea! I just went to the back aviary and saw two birds. I assumed they were poultry mea

ing. After everything-after being drugged, bred, discarded-she had taken the

sed, wanting only to slap that s

rist. Cason. He moved with Alpha speed, blocking Karin like an impen

"Karin went out of her way to prepare supplements for you so yo

a heal

ing, his weight pinning me down while the doctors watched. To him, I was nothing

e utter contempt in his eyes for my grief. The last

coldly. "It was just an animal. A disposable pet m

rised us both, I wrenched

ng crash echoed thr

p. Her face was ashen, her eyes fixed in sheer horror on the smaller bird on

then escalated into an earth-shattering ro

She shrank back, her face turning as pale a

the most treasured relics left by Eleanor's la

making the whole room seem to shake. "Guards! Drag her to the Hall of A