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KAT
My damp,blonde curls were heavy in the bun on top of my head as I stepped out of the rain and into the nightclub.
Fear sat in my stomach like nausea, warring with the betrayal that weighed down my shoulders and the warmth that radiated through my body. A bead of water rolled down the back of my neck. I hoped it was rain rather than sweat.
Being a werewolf was a bitch sometimes.
A lot of the time, actually.
We always ran hot, but what I was feeling was something else entirely.
Heat.
Leaving home while I was starting to go into heat was far from ideal, but I was past the point of having options.
Flashing lights and glittering immortals danced in the massive, open space while magically enhanced music pulsed in the air.
The strapless, dark green top I'd paired with a matching high-waisted miniskirt meant I fit right into the packed crowd in front of me.
I walked past it.
There were few things I hated as much as loud music and crowded rooms.
Another bead of water trickled down the side of my neck, and I shivered.
My entire body was hot and achy, and I wished with everything I had that I could’ve been curled up in the nest on my bed. The pain wasn’t horrible, but it would get worse over the next few hours.
My heartbeat was faster than the music's rhythm, faster than the vibrating phone I'd left in my shitty car's cupholder, but my mind was made up.
This was my only choice.
My only way out.
When I reached the metal staircase, I looked up.
A slow breath escaped me.
Was I really going to do this?
If I went up there, there would be no turning back.
"You're insane,"Sable, the wolf within me, grumbled.
"And even more desperate,"I whispered back.
I climbed the stairs.
She was agitated. My heart beat harder as her worry bled into mine.
"The fae king could kill us,"she said."Jonah will if he doesn't."
"Jonah is technically our beta now. His wolf won't let him hurt us."
I didn't say anything about the king.
She was right about him. If he didn't want to accept my bargain, he really mightkill me.
