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hands over his and rubbed. It seemed to help. “You’re upsetting him.

I’m not going to do some hair-pulling, name-calling thing with you. If

you want Beck, feel free to have him, sister. I don’t consider myself

married to him, anyway. I am well aware of the place I have in his

life. If you can make him happy, more power to you.”

Now her husband’s honey looked seriously confused. “You don’t

care that he will continue to come to my bed?”

“I have no intentions of sleeping with him, so go for it,” Meg said

as simply as she could. Meeting Liadan helped a lot. It explained why

Beck would be as hesitant as he was. He was in love with someone

else. Meg just wished he had been up front and honest with her. She

would have helped Cian regardless, and she wouldn’t have had her

heart broken.

The blonde nodded. “As long as we understand each other.” She

turned to go, but then came back. “He’s going to kill me for this, but I

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can’t just let you do it. You should think twice before you bond with

Cian.”

“I want to bond with her.” Cian’s hands tightened possessively.

“She is our wife.”

Liadan sighed and rolled her eyes impatiently at Cian. She

focused on Meg. “He’s too far gone. If you bond with him, he’ll pull

you into his madness. You’ll end up just like him. Beck didn’t

mention that, did he?”

Meg shook her head. He hadn’t mentioned that possibility.

“Of course he didn’t,” the other woman said. “You would be safer

walking away. There is the slight possibility that Beck would die, but

he’s the stronger half. He would most likely live if Cian faded. It

would be hard, but he could be stronger for it.”

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