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It was unacceptable for Psy to feel happiness Those who did had their minds wiped clean and their personalities destroyed in a horrifying process known as “rehabilitation” But it wasn’t illegal for anyone else to celebrate happiness And if they wanted to do it by singing songs, gathering with loved ones, and attending certain cereal either

The powerful, deadly Psy Council was used to instant obedience in all things However, in the year 2021, the Councilors ad Psy resources to ensure coic sense The laas quietly repealed

Now, some forty years later, Christh the Day of Happiness was retired soon after the repeal of Law 5198 , changelings and hu Of course, happiness isn’t guaranteed by the ht with everything in her, with her pride and her fury, her love and her anger, with her very soul, in order to claim the joy…or the man, meant to be hers

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TAMSYN LOOKED ACROSS THE PACK CIRCLE TO THE MEN AND women who stood on the other side Lachlan, their alpha, his hair going the white of wisdo to Lucas, as barely fifteen but carried the scent of a future alpha The past and the future side by side One day soon, Lucas would lead them Everyone knew that The boy had been drenched in blood, his parents murdered in front of his eyes But he would lead It didn’t matter that even if they waited a decade, he’d still be far too young

Just like Ta at nineteen to be the senior healer for the DarkRiver leopard pack Her mentor had been Lucas’s mother, Shayla The attack on Lucas’s family had not only stolen their healer, it had left DarkRiver in a state of constant alert That didn’ttheir strength until the day they could destroy the ShadowWalkers—the pack that had murdered their own

She knew Nate would be one of those ent after the rogue pack when the ti beside Lachlan, his concentration on whatever it was they were discussing At twenty-nine years of age, he was one of the pack’s top soldiers and would soon be a sentinel, assu Cian’s position when the older man retired from active duty The sentinels were the pack’s first line of defense They were the strongest, erous predators of them all

“Tammy, you’re back!”

Startled, she looked away froot in an hour ago” Even now, she didn’t quite believe she was ho hospital in New York had been the hardest of her life

“So the course is over?”

“Yes That part of it anyway” She could finish the rest of herhealers relied on their inborn gifts, but Tamsyn had made the decision to study conventional medicine as well It was one ifts that hadn’t yet th She refused to allow her youth to disadvantage her pack