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Moira looked at me like I was stupid. “Why wouldn’t they? You’re a snack, in case you haven’t realized it. You have this whole sexy alpha female just discovering her power thing going on. Men eat that shit up. They might beat their chests and claim to be dominant, but at the end of the day, they want a woman to serve. You, Sunday, could bring men to their knees.”

I was pretty sure my mouth was hanging open at that point, but Moira stopped and cocked her head, her eyes narrowing. “Sunday, you’ve been with a man before, haven’t you?”

My cheeks burned. “Kind of hard to lose your virginity when you’re locked away most of your life. I never had a chance to be tempted before now. The only men I came into contact with were the few assigned to guard me, and they kept their distance. But now, when I’m around Kingston, Noah, and Alek”—and Caleb,I whispered in my head—“it feels like something inside me has finally woken up.”