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CHAPTER 18
~Spring's POV~
Lucien's face paled, with shock etched into every angle, but behind all that was disgust, plainly written all over his face.
"No," he said sharply. "No. This isn't possible." His voice echoed in my head like a slap. Like betrayal all over again.
Lucien, the one face I could have sworn I'd hoped not to see again while in this school, yet there he stood with extreme shock on his face, revulsion in his eyes, just as mine brimmed with pain.
My own breath caught as I stumbled back from him, but it was too late.
Jade had already screamed and the bond had snapped into place.
Mate.
A fifth mate.
It wasn't one, like my past life or two, but I was cur… blessed with five!
My wolf had accepted it—too fast and too easily, like she yearned for this before, but I didn't.
And my heart, mind and soul didn't want or choose it again. I couldn't go through another betrayal like that again.
