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every morning was the sound of t
r of the forest crept through the cracks in the wooden walls. Warriors would come in from their night
lways awake bef
e kept. The room had no window and barely enough space for the thin blanket she called a bed. W
learned not
only made
en that morning, a deep voic
a. Ge
herself off the f
g the pack house floors and washing clothes soaked with blood from the wa
r head and stepped ou
the weak grey light outside. Their wolves were strong, their bod
le of dirty clothes onto
fore breakfast
round the kitchen and fro
esterday," he said c
a nodded
es
t, almost swallow
warrior suddenly paused. His gaze slid tow
s the coming of age
a did no
ached adulthood gathered before the pack to celebrate their
s the most important
only another reminder
or laughe
ng a mate," he mocked. "That wou
s laughed as they
ammed shut
led the kit
for a moment before bending down to pick up the clot
bundle toward th
appeared faintl
led and uneven because she rarely had time to car
flection long enough, a strange fee
ess sen
inside her was
nt always pa
clothes into the wate
he could remember. The elders once told her she had been
par
fam
his
but they had never treate
as an
rank in the
purpose w
rv
b
du
e clothes as the sun finally
with voices and footsteps a
ter buckets and cleaning cloths. No one paid at
tire pack buzzed
he coming of
ing prepared for the feast. Warriors laughed loudly while young wolv
d as she passed through the cl
healer's house when a fa
o decided to
hina
ped into
flawless. Her golden hair flowed down her back like l
the pack kne
uture
ter and the strongest fem
traveled over Serap
" she said lightly. "Did yo
ves nearb
lowered
inging herbs t
ossed h
is str
ce turn
e to me this morning lo
blinked in
ing h
tepped
said slowly. "The ones used
ad through t
a chill crawl
ke them," she
lted he
they end up in
ra reached forward and pulled th
ordinary plants, lay a bun
lled the
red at the ba
r seen those
those there,"
aughed
urse y
rward from the crowd. His presen
ard as he looke
d herbs is a se
a's hear
did not ste
one l
a raised
ne
h the clearing like a
lowered herself
ng to he
ack watched with
ce carried thro
shed before the c
pped forward
a closed
ured punish
omething fe
ressure fil
y the pack g
ept through the cle
wolf
s entered t
e clearing surrounded by elite warriors wea
pped out of th
ched the ground the atmo
ce was ove
from him like
g K
of all wer
pha of
ediately bowed thei
ined kneeling
denly began b
th spread thro
owly while the Alpha of the
come you, my king," th
ely look
ad locked onto
ng unex
ega kneeling
et hers, his wolf exp
a
through his sens
ched him at t
ee
i
ger
ly irres
opped w
clearing
st grow stronger. Her breathing became uneven as
de her responded to
stirred v
t the only th
another scent spr
just
hing
ing an
race of w
immortal note that did
mp
stiffened
eyes da
efore him should not
impos
ot through her veins. Her vision blu
derstand what
three ancient b
o
tc
mp
k one st
ded he claim h
cent surrounding her sent a dange
was not ju
the world had not
ing po
g unpred
traightened a
r," he orde
pha he
she stole s
eyes flashed w
releas
stepped bac
n confusion as the pressure
at her one
ce drop
l not be
rned and w
wolf was still roaring o
a
phina, the ancient power sleep

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