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Chapter 16 Choked
LUCIAN POV
"You can put me down," Amber whispers, and I accidentally growl.
She flinches, and I sigh as I reach our room.
"Sorry," I mumble, and she stiffens even more.
"It's okay," she whispers, and I barely manage to hold back my grin.
Her voice is so light now. Not like it was downstairs when she was defending that whore of a wolf.
I get the door open easily since Amber weighs even less than when she first arrived. I set her on my bed and head for my closet without saying a word. I need to get on clothes before I try to sort through the mess going on in my head.
First, I need to decide what I'm going to say to Amber, and then I need to decide what I'm going to do with Jolene. Her injuries are extension, but since I didn't reach her heart, she should recover.
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