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RONAN

I went numb. Couldn't think straight for a full minute.

I didn't even know which was more devastating—the realization that Maeve was never going to rule beside me, or the painful fact that someone like Vera was going to be my wife.

It made my head ache.

"....Alpha Ronan!"

I didn't realize they'd been calling me until Marco touched my arm.

I took a deep breath, dragging myself back to