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Chapter 42 - Y

 

The idea made my brows furrow.

If that were true, it explained everything.

The indifference.

The lack of lust.

The emotional distance.

While the others' wolves stirred restlessly around me, his remained silent. Controlled.

Or perhaps… uninterested.

A slow smile curved my lips.

If that was the case, then seduction was the wrong weapon entirely.

I had been using the tools that worked on the others.

But Desmond wasn't like the others.

And if I wanted real power here…

I would need to understand him.

Because as much as he viewed me as a means to an end…

I was beginning to realize something else.

He was the only one I couldn't read.

And that made him the most dangerous of them all.

I closed my eyes, replaying the memory of the stranger instead.

The shadow.

The silent presence.

The kiss.

It hadn't been forceful.

It hadn't been violent.

It had been… deliberate.

Claiming.

A shiver ran down my spine.

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