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Chapter 21

Aldric's POV

“No!” I call out and fly across the lawn just as the wolf sets upon Simone.

I heard him just a second too late. A fleeting thought crosses my mind before I reach my mate. 'How the hell did he get in here?'

Vesper comes charging past me, kicking the wolf off my bride as he descends. The black wolf yelps and rolls away just as I kneel next to Simone, trying to take in the carnage that he wreaked on her.

It all happened so fast that I can't seem to get my head wrapped around it. If it weren't for the gaping, bleeding wounds staring at me, the scent of her rose-water blood, I would convince myself that it is all just a dream. At least he didn't get her neck or throat. Thank God.

Her blood spills over my hands and soaks into my clothes, clinging warmly to my skin. “No, no, no,” I whisper and pat her cheek. “Come on now, baby, open your eyes. You cannot die like this. Please look at me.”

She coughs and blood bubbles from her mouth in a thick, frothy milkshake. My eyes slid
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