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ia

you mean

me. At that moment my head snaps

my body feels impossibly light-like

ll brunette woman stands behind me-beautiful, unreal

you?" I

brushes her finger

," her voice echoed, soft yet thunderous, "love

she's

out, but the room

ss what just happe

you do?"

"What do you mean

ummon the

and there was suddenly light and

ans the room, every inch of

gain," h

ou mean-do

n't know how it happen

and it's beginning to boil over. I step

, and now you're throwing questions at me-l

r tone!" h

s." My voice is sha

and I'm not a sacrificial lamb to you! Do not trea

atch my breath. "Take me

ween us so that I can feel his hot breath against my skin.

trust me, it'd be the greate

nd I see a small sm

Ayla?" his stare ha

You don't want to f

eave, but when he reaches the door, his bod

hen he doesn't

" he mutters with t

chest and a low grow

the pack finds out I hurt their dear alpha, m

ha Kael!"

, brighter than any wolf I've seen. The veins along his nec

dess' name is ha

nd, half-growl, half-roar, tears from his throat

nd the moment she se

ss..." sh

with him?" I

s of color. "The o

e w

ards her, his red eye

ut

! She might know a wa

ael sna

if you don't break the curse." Her breath co

nger this time, but fear-and

What the hell

ing now and the dark veins had begun fading. His

nce no one is going to say a word, I'll

Kael's grip stops me-rough and

ts my skin on fire a

again. I want to pity them for a moment, then

is hand fr

ave anyone if that's what you want.

feet, tears stroll

er-the Sayer who fell

saying?" I l

is Leah. And wha

overwhelmed at the tur

the messenger,

eeds and the curs

heal the wound...

he last sente

that?" My lips

ra wasn't here when th

e the daughter of a gr

lf," I complet