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Panic flapped in her chest

He was getting rid of her Setting her aside again

She skittered to Zander’s side and touched his ar on?”

He turned to her and spoke stiffly “You are no longer o”

His words struck her, worse than any shock-stick They nearly knocked her to the floor She felt the blood drain froed to raise her hand and slap Zander as hard as she could

Surprise sprang to his features Confusion

If she’d hoped to goad hirab her wrists or pick her up, or somehow claim her as he often did, the slap failed on every level

It didn’t even make her feel better

How dare he treat her like nothing more than the breeder he’d purchased?

He’d vecking mated her She wore his crystals on her body She shared his sleepdisk, carried his young

She’d thought he loved her

She sure as hell loved him

Tears blinded her vision, but she whirled before giving Zander the satisfaction of seeing how he’d wounded her Dodging one of the workers, she ran out of the chamber and down the hall

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Leora stretched her body, sliding her legs out over the silky bedding She’d slept longer than norh and wonderful treathtly disappointed to find she didn’t feel the soreness any all the ways he’d had her