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He had never loved her, she thought sadly Otherwise, the heat wouldn’t have receded from him, and he could have never taken another woman

She shook her head at another pang of betrayal and couldn’t ainst it But as she stepped into the house, she couldn’t help the sense of coh her Her mate wasn’t really her mate, and the brother she had loved so dearly had betrayed her in ways she couldn’t comprehend

She could understand Seth’s reaction to the renewed heat, and even his inability to love her But Callan—she couldn’t accept what Callan and Jonas had done And accepting that Seth had seen that disc and walked away had been one of the hardest things she had ever done

He had walked ahen he should have fought for her She would have fought for hiade of Council soldiers, she would have fought for hi for him now

She was unaware of the fragile, broken sound of pain that left her lips at that thought But there was so the breeze Eyes narrowed, lips tightened

As she ht and blew out a silent breath, too soft for even the earth itself to feel

If he wasn’t watching, waiting, if he wasn’t the shadow drifting around the Lawrence

Estate, he would have shaken his head at the sound of the broken child It was a sound he had heard many times, and it still had the power to effect him

As he watched, a lone figure stepped out fro jeans, her cropped shirt confor in the , pitch black curls whipped in the wind

Her scent carried to him, and his eyes narrowed She was and yet she wasn’t The fabled half-breed, sought after by every Council scientist in existence and rumored to be psychic The bounty on her head was horrifically high A man could live three lifeti woman

And she was tiny Fragile in appearance, but he sensed the strength in her, the steel core of determination and stubborn resolve that filled her

And he felt so ave a curious, heated stretch

And she was staring right at hi as so akin to fear flashed across her expression

And a muted cry slipped past her lips One of fear

A second later, Dash Sinclair whipped past the doorway, his large body blocking sight of her as he swept her against his chest, sheltered her and rushed her back into the house