#Chapter 22: “Reprieve Under the Trees”

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I felt feverish, my body swaying. I couldn’t be sure if it was from the shock of seeing Adrian, the exhaustion of having been at the venue preparing all day, the upset of watching Maya become an official member of the pack, or the pregnancy symptoms. Whatever it is, I needed to sit down before I fall. In front of everyone. Adrian’s smile stopped in its tracks as he studied my face. It must be pale. Maybe covered in a sheen of sweat, too. His eyebrows lowered and mouth twisted in concern. He reached a tentative hand out, then pulled it back. He looked around the room, seeming to notice the hush of silence and the number of people watching us. Watching me. They must all have felt it: the charged intensity between Hunter and Maya. And they must all have turned to me to see how I was

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