cka

itory, used only for storage and prisoners. They threw me into t

thing deeper. Without my wolf spirit to heal me, my immune system was

able, pr

stood in the doorway, the door unlocked. S

doing this?

cting her manicured nails. "And you? You're just a ves

" I said, though my v

see," she laughed. "Get up. The

pres

cent border skirmish. Caleb thinks it's fi

es. The smell of roasted meat made my empty stomach cramp. I was dr

table, someone would trip

aitor," a war

my lip to keep from crying

icent in his black suit, a king among wolves. M

carrying effortlessly, "we celebrate

ilie to his side. She beamed

icking briefly, coldly, to where I stood in the shadows, "we make ou

erupted i

ed from my fi

applause. The bond in my chest gave a violen

leb barked, not e

rp piece of glass cut my palm. I didn't feel the

ulsed. I coul

ug

t bent me double. When I pulled my han

went qu

r. He grabbed my wrist, his face palin

"This isn't normal. This is... this looks like S

e amounts of the metal. For a Wolfless human, it meant my body was rejec

, looking down at

oma for five years. Who would poison her? This is

pha, he

cked a bottle of painkillers toward me. It

leb ordered. "Stop bleeding on my floor,

im through a haze of tears. There was

y wanted