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"She doesn’t know yet?" Fane softly asked his father

"No son, that honor has been left to you As the two avenging angels who just left said, good luck with that," Vasile told hio see yourvery nuoing to face her? Without any thought to what he was doing, Fane got dressed, brushed his hair and teeth, and then headed over to Jacquelyn’s It was the longest walk he’d ever made, and yet it was the shortest as well

Fane opened the front door to Jacquelyn’s house and nearly turned back and shut it behind hi room, and as he walked in all their eyes landed on him He took a deep breath and walked in His mother was the first to move She came over to him and exposed her neck Fane took a step back in disbelief at her action

"I ae the sacrifice you had to make" She kissed him on the cheek as a tear rolled down her face Fane reached up and wiped it away

"I’m sorry I hurt you, mama," Fane told her

"Tsk, tsk You did what needed to be done, that is what an Alpha does There will be many decisions you will make as an Alpha others will not understand because of the responsibility you hold No offense to the huht you will carry on your shoulders, nor the weight you carried this night You did what no one else could have That, my son, is what the Alpha does Never doubt that" When Alina turned back to the room all of the wolves and, to Fane’s astonishment, even the humans, bowed their heads in submission

"Jacque is in her room, Fane She isn’t awake yet She apparently passed out at the challenge and has been out ever since," Lilly told hiainst the tears that threatened to spill His mate, his love, broken because of him, but not with Lucas either She is ours, he heard his wolf say As our Alpha said we did e had to Fane turned fro room and walked up the stairs to Jacquelyn’s room

As he opened the door, he used his wolf vision because the roo He e She laid there, hands folded across her stomach, so still Fane leaned down and kissed her forehead He took a deep breath and let her scent fill his lungs He kissed both cheeks, he kissed her nose and her chin, and then he kissed her lips He had tears running down his face and he was tre He wanted to hold her but didn’t want to startle her awake Slowly, he pulled away from her, and as he sat up he realized her eyes were open, really open, like very wide open

Jacquelyn screaone crazy His death pushed , and then BAM, I’ to herself, not totally hysterical but definitely on the verge Fane thought he’d better catch her quick before she really did lose it

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"Luna, you’re not crazy, I’ it in order to lure Lucas into a false victory," Jacque heard the hallucination that was Fane say

She wasn’t going to fall for that Fane would’ve told her that he was going to do so like that He would have never allowed her to be hurt so deeply

"Jacquelyn, please It’s really me I didn’t -" he paused and took a deep breath Jacque was caught off guard by this show of emotion from a hallucination, not that she had oodness She pulled the covers down just enough to be able to see Fane His head was bowed so he didn’t know she was looking at hi to pretend to die because…" His shoulders shook with sobs The tears fell and wet his hands<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>