ra

cut deep within the craggy c

a hollowed-out void where we co

ss. She looked like a marble st

life, but the residual silver poison in her sy

ent from her, wiping her brow w

omewhere

art s

un a

light cast long, jagged shadows across his face,

wolves flanked him, their e

e air grew heavy with his Alpha aura. It tasted like ozone

ou hiding

between him and Elena, shielding her with my own tre

d. "You stole her jewelry. The

!" I shouted, my

her! Her dignity, her titl

owled, his eyes drifting to the

to push

though I knew I had n

. It was a crue

ckhan

l. My head cracked against the rock, and granite

t. "You were alway

wn at her, his expression unreadable. For a

wn and grabbed her wri

e muttere

silence of the cave, I felt a shift. The air

ay fro

ot in the room, b

it vibrated with

Elena's hand. It hit the s

g on the ground nea

, the blade stained black with the silver re

cking it up. "She poisoned

t. "Burn her, Mara. If she isn't a

t, the warriors t

Elena, wiping bloo

pered, my hands sha

he wa

host Root was interacting with the silver i

my hands on her chest. I channeled

was tur

tly. A gasp of air rattled throug

es fle

her usual war

Pure, glowing, in

ing like a beast three times her size. The

he White Wolf. It was fi

whispered

the dull glaze of unconscio

alive. B

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