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Ria pushed her hands into the back pockets of the snug pants “I did once” She lifted her eyes back to her grandmother

“Is that what you believe we thought?” Elizabeth asked her “No, dear, Jason betrayed you You were a child, and ere so worried about protecting you, aboutcertain the pride as a whole was protected, that we didn’t make allowances for your need for family Which all Breeds have, you know”

Elizabeth was excusing her actions, and Ria had expected it of her They had always excused the She hadn’t understood They had tried to uilt over the choice she made easier

“Dane would have killed hi the turn of her thoughts “He was offering not to do it where you could see; he wasn’t offering not to pull the trigger When Jason attened his death warrant There was no way Dane would have allowed him to live”

“Jason wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t told him”

“And he wouldn’t have died if he’d had an ounce of humanity in hilared at her “It wasn’t your fault”

Elizabeth’s brow arched as Ria felt her teeth snap together

“I’ll let you know the test results when I have them,” Elizabeth promised “I took Alaiya’s earlier, performed the examination”

Ria’s head jerked back to her grandmother

Elizabeth’s expression was co heat, Ria But that doesn’tIt merely means she’s been in contact with her mate”

“She kissed Mercury”

Elizabeth’s gaze turned to him, almost accusatory

“It was no more than a press of lips,” he snapped “Do you think I’d riskthat part of me?”

Elizabeth frowned “In every in, there has to be an exchange of the hormone in some way and it has to be compatible”

“Trust rowled “Except with Ria”