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felt heavy, like it was filled with lead.

ailie walked in. No Ca

and leaned close. "You're

My throat was raw

reached out and pressed her thumb directly ont

g her

oving her away. I was weak, but adre

crashing into the medical tra

w open. Cale

ounded by scattered instruments,

b roared. The

line out of my arm-blood spurted onto

ntrums, Ericka. I am do

hurt me! Loo

Alpha Command again.

idors, out the back exit, and into the woods. He

one markers where the past Alphas were buried

" he co

cried out as the jagged edges sli

lent graveyard. "You have dishonored your ancestors. You will stay here

I was wearing only a thin hosp

ldly. "Maybe the cold wil

nd left me

re dropped. My knees were a bloody mess, the gravel emb

f the great Alphas. They

ve my wolf to save the Beta. I love

didn't

nymore. I dragged myself across the gravel, leaving a trail of blood

ew nothing of pack politics

What h

om my pocket-money I had hidden in

, my lips blue. "I ne

al? Amb

ing the money into his hand.

at

n the distance, where lights were on, wher

. "I need it rea

, and the broken heart in my chest. I wasn't going to survive another week. An