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wolf*[less L`ayla is forced^= ]#-into t#he #;
+Lycaon /Palace, w*`+here fo-\ur cur+se-;#d Alpha princes mus[t +;ch.*%!oose a+] m-ate to pr -ese!rv`e ^the roya: ,l`= b !loo;@d\line. H
@er scent calms K_ ael, the First P ^\rince; her touc*h e +nthralls Lucius, the Second Prin ()ce an^.d%+ - High Priest; her(  blo#()od subdues Vesper, the T[?_h*+ird Prince; and ev#)en Rav,en, the imprisoned Fourth Prince, ^ is dra/$wn t o `.her. When all four choose Layla, [she is caught in a?]\ for.-bid$den hare!m—and a [=_(deadly bat_(t #=l/]e for t$- he throne.