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I hurried over to the desk and rifled through the broken shards until I came out with a notepad and pen.

I hurriedly scribbled a note and placed it on the bed.

I checked the bathroom door and heard the shower running.

I need to hurry.

I hurried over to the wardrobe, pulled it open, and retrieved the listening and tracking device from the pocket, then did the same with the jacket hanging on the back of the chair.

I couldn’t do this to them.

I had some lingering emotions, having slept with them, and even if we had made love under a terrible situation, I still felt close to them — closer than I perhaps ought to have done.

But there was a difference between them betraying me and me doing the same to them.

Lowering myself to their level would only make me feel worse about myself.

I tucked the devices into the lining of my negligee and threw the door open.

This marked the third time I had left them, and it would be the last.

I hurried down the corridor and raced towards the dock.

I would board a ship and leave this place forever.

Leave my lying so-called “fated mates” and the human spies that had attempted to embroil me in their plans.

I would leave them all behind and not look back.

Perhaps they had already Seeded me — I hoped so — but even if they hadn’t, I would enroll in another Seeding Facility somewhere, some other time.

I knew next time, my experience could not possibly be more complicated than this one had turned out to be.

Still, my heart felt heavy.

I would miss them, even if they were liars.

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FEON

As the water ran down my body, I lathered myself up with the body wash the Facility had provided and lost myself in my train of thought.

I would never admit it to Aslas, but the truth was I had not been entirely certain Beth would return to us.

In fact, I had put the odds fairly low — even though I had a great deal of trust in the Joisa and its prophecy.

Was the prophecy true? I wondered.

It was impossible to know.

Perhaps the bond we shared was already permanent.

Maybe the truth was lost long ago.

Perhaps the bond naturally faded over time, although I doubted it, as regular fated mates remained lifelong partners throughout their lifetimes.

So why should the bond change just because there were three members in a fated pairing?

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