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CHAPTER 19
~Jade's POV~
The room went quiet. Xander's attention snapped to her, then to me. I met Silvie's gaze and felt something electric sparking under my skin.
I knew she was baiting me, and there was nothing wrong in declining, but between Silvie and me… Guess it was long overdue.
She wanted my mates… I wasn't giving them out.
"Alright," I said evenly. "Let's do it."
The room felt charged when Xander announced the next match.
"Jade Snow," he called out but his eyes were already on me. "You're up again. Silvie Crowe, you're with her."
A ripple of murmurs moved through the hall.
I turned slowly, my gaze finding Silvie where she stood near the edge of the mat. Up close, she was even more striking.
Tall, lean, with long pale-blonde hair braided neatly down her back and eyes the color of frost. She carried herself with the confidence of someone who had never doubted her own superiority.
She smiled faintly when our eyes met.
