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“How long ago did the kingdom fall?”she asks.

“About sixteen years ago, usually Damian would go with him, but the king is paranoid this time since he intends to take Ivy with him.”

“Why?”she asks, and I feel the rapid beat of her heart thumping erratically against my chest.I don’t answer because I can’t, yet her worry makes me regret mentioning it.

“She’ll be fine.I won’t let anything happen to her.”

“Yes, but why is she leaving?What does the king want with her?She should be with me.We have never been separated.She—” she sucks in a breath and kicks her legs, wanting to be put down.I let her slide down as she moves to climb the hill.

I catch her hand to stop her.“Abbie?”

“I should go inside; I have chores to do,” she says while trying to tug down the shirt she is wearing as if her nudity bothers her.I think it odd.She is the first werewolf I have met that is afraid of showing her own skin.But then again, I was scared to show her mine, not because I am shy, that definitely isn’t it, but because I don’t want her to pity me.

“She will be fine, Abbie,” I try to reassure her, but she doesn’t look like she believes me.

“Yeah, and that’s what Alpha Dean said when he brought us to the orphanage, that we would be fine.No one tells you their intentions Gannon, not really.Not until they have what they want from you, and by then, it’s too late,” Abbie says, rushing off and leaving me dumbfounded.Are we talking about the same thing?

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