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"You were right," I admit. "What you said about me showing James that Eve and I were happy. I didn't mean for it to be as f*****d as it was. I thought it would help him get over it. I regret all of it,"

up

"I was upset," she says after a while. "You bring out the worst in me. I'm not used to anyone vibing on the same frequency as me. Darren kind of kept me on a leash. Not like this one," she pats her chest. "But a single look from him had me biting back the truth. I'm an a**le. I always have been and I'm sorry I said that to you," "I'm sor-"

"Stop. It wouldn't have happened if I didn't want you to do it," she grins. "It's probably the only way you can get me to shut the f***k up. Crystal scared us both, huh?"

"Yeah," I place the chicken salad in front of her. She smiles big and pulls the bowl to her.

"Any left for me?" we both look up at my

"Serve yourself," I point at the bowl.

cousin.

"This would go great with chips," Perry suggests.

"Top cubby," Roy points behind her.

"Your accent is ****

"Lycerian," he a*swers. "Only the noblemen and high priests know it. And of course the royal family,"

"Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to study it after the corrination," I roll my eyes.

I'm lucky," she laughs sarcastically. Roy smacks my back and laughs with her

growl at her

started it,"

She stares at the food for a while before looking up at me with a

up a secret first," I counter. She

she

"I once considered killing Darren before I knew

you're leaving a big

whole year ahead of Darren and me. At the time, Dar and I were training for

hurts her even now. I can feel the

Yeah,

Yean,

"What stopped you?"

close and she knew when Darren and I were in the same vicinity for too long that we were moments away from ripping each other apart. The tension between us was always buzzing. She told me that if I killed him, I'd have nothing left.

Did you believe her?"

she calmed me down enough for me to realize that if I killed him I'd be everything the pack accused me of," she takes a deep breath and points at the empty bowl. "Then Darren died and

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because I was f*****g my girlfriend's culinary professor

a******le," she bursts

that," I

even exchange. I should get another one," she drinks the rest of her soda. "Something you'd never

"Fine," I

her on the counter so I can stand between her legs. "I don't

"

daughter, I wouldn't have been able to tell until we ran a DNA

a big chunk of that story

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