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Leaving like this, without herShe’d always fought with a safety net There was no net now Just her, her training and her instincts

And her goal

Saving her niece And h to not just walk beside hiht beside him Without that acceptance, without her ability to do what she had to do, Diane knew, a part of her soul would die

Then, she wouldn’t be of use to anyone

Especially a mate

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Watching the vehicle pull away as the first rays of dawn began to stretch fragile light across the sky, Rachel breathed in deeply and ret

She knew Diane, perhaps better than her sister liked She had seen the pain in her eyes, heard it in her voice when she had sworn she would die if she couldn’t fight When she had whispered with aching hunger of the partner she needed

And Rachel knee The Breed cared for her sister Hell, he loved Diane, he just wasn’t ready to admit it But, what he didn’t realize was that he loved Diane because of exactly who and what she was, not for what he thought he wanted her to be

If Rachel allowed Diane to go off on her own and, God forbid, she was har hi

She would never forgive herself

First, she had to figure out how to tell hi betrayed

It took a while, but she had a plan

S, she showered, called the Feline Lioness who had taken the position of nanny and prepared to invade thefor which Jonas had left their bed

Her sister was stubborn as hell and just as willful