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the floor, my body sliding with every turn. Every bump in the road sent a jagged jolt of agony through my

ne, I prayed sile

ding on the fringes of the territory-a dilapidated structure that had once been a ve

dn't offer a hand; they dragged me out by m

r, casting a sickly yellow pallor over the room. There were no nurses. Just a

or asked, wiping his nose

s it done quick. Clean it

r on th

. He cursed, snatching his hand back, and backhanded me across the fac

around my wrists and ankles, pinning me down like a specimen. I stared up at the

her heels clicking sharply on the tile.

said, her voice devoid of warmt

the straps to look at Carol. "Dad. This i

et my eyes. Eleanor merely rais

nor commanded them. "Or the co

e cheap plastic pen. He looked at me, the

his voice trembling. "You can't raise a baby

tch of ink, he signed

streaming into my ears. "May the M

runts," Eleanor sneered, smoothi

licking the barrel. "This is just

ed, thrashing against the l

tor muttered. He moved

me. My baby kicked-a strong, terrified thu

ot

om my mind. It came fro

loom from his grandfather, said to protect the "true heart" of the Pack. I wa

alm until the skin broke, focusing all my will

of my soul into the metal. If there i

e touched

nly,

lapsing star. It started in my chest and flooded my veins, burning thro

ver light erupted from beneath my shirt, il

ted, dropping the syringe as he

th the frantic beat of my he

ut it wasn't the growl of a normal wolf. It sounded like the earth its

d, reaching for his stun baton. "Bu

shrieked, her composure

om the tray. He lunged at my st

OA

ome from me. It ca

a shower of diamond dust. The overhead lights

hat it made Gabe's command feel like a gentle breeze. This was the pres

submission. The doctor fell to his knees, the scalpel clattering uselessly to the floor.

ned. Ripped. Metal screeched and tore as the door flew across the roo

aping hole where the door h

iers in armor that gleamed li

lver streaking his beard, but his power was absolute, a physi

y Dean. The

to the table, the doctor cowerin

le that shook the very foundations of