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The words echo long after the healer leaves.

Mate with her in front of the pack.

Adeline hears them again and again as she walks down the hallway toward her room, each step heavier than the last. It's ridiculous, she thinks. Outrageous. Absurd. But also terrifying, because the brothers didn't argue. Not one of them. Cassian's expression had been unreadable, Uriel strangely quiet, Ronan pale from the curse and still clutching the stained napkin.

No one questioned the healer, and no ...