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| wound the cloth around my fingers siriand out lacing them with it. “I never want to lie to my children.

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ger, and so quick to anger. It’s your duality | suspect. Living with that beast inside you, always trying to get the surface and take control. So many ups and downs. It must be so tiresome.”

hard rather have my ups and downs than be some cold-hearted, emotionless-"I bit off the end of my ntence, not entirely sure what insult | was trying to hurl his way. “I’ve seen you give in to your fury, so don’t t like you don’t. You broke the Treaty.”

“It was time for that Treaty to be broken,” Malachi said.

“Interesting timing, isn’t it? You break the treaty, which directly leads to Mason gaining his Alpha powers, ating two Alphas where there should've only been one. | have three mates, and our daughter is a Celestial.” red him. “You had no idea?”

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toThe world turns, granddaughter, and the best we all can do is spin ourselves along with it. There are ces in place so much grander than any one of us. | cannot pretend to understand everything.” Malachi iked at me. “But I can tell you that it’s easy enough to know that no Luna in recent history has had three Tes. You all might've been secluded from the rest of the supernatural world, but that does not mean that we haven't been watching you all very closely.”

“| hate that!”

putes you should. What your councils jointly decided was perhaps on the surface meant as protection, but hehera et only harmed you.”

itslive parents lying to a child,” | said through gritted teeth. Look how well that’s turned out. Besides, Stella eady knows what she is. The Moon Goddess told her. She might not understand what that means, but ! dos. Either do we

cacay Allask is that you allow yourselves to settle in here. We'll find a way to navigate all of this. | sald.lalachi said.

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