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slaughtered. If he behaves, we offer him sanctuary

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red, cover

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hot cut

to the camera

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ard the window. "They'r

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peered through blinds

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grabbed my hand. "To the Council chambers.

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a-born mean

r wolves. Force them to submit through voice alone. It's why Alphas hunted your kind

command

ppressants. But when she wakes-" Ford's expression was intense. "You'll

s impo

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ed. Motorcycles. Four

it now? T

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austion. The stronger the command, the worse the cost. Use it too much and you'll collapse

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er," Tyl

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om Ford. To

n who planned

widened. "W

er hit his chest. The gun wen

e ground

irst. Grabbed my

going to make it quick. Painless. N

s danced i

's weight

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air, scrambli

t there. Fifty yards. The bou

Ford s

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I sc

g inside me

rough me. Hot. W

throat in a voice that wasn't

ack. Every muscle locked.

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mit

m

I gasped, doubling over.

voice was strained. "You

was weaker this time. The p

fighting my order. He

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around my shoulder i

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ed. "No, that's

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wing. Silver light pu

hispered. "Ford claimed y

mine. And if you kill her now, the Luna-born po

e went whit

ruined EV

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rged. Massive. A

and Co

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t the Council.

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lf said. "Last of the Luna-born

llap

e darkness took me was Ford's