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be he was. Maybe the devil wore silver fur and ice-blue

his fur, my thighs burning from holding on. Behind

y slowed. He veered toward a rocky outcropping whe

human, catching me

g from at least three wounds. The sc

ven know y

or Tyler's hunters." His gold eyes loc

the howls g

on the

engine, and we shot forward so fast I had

ding dress was still damp from the river, cold sil

n road doing e

" I screamed ove

" he shouted back. "S

The desert air turned

re Ford slowed, turning onto

ppeared. Small, weathered

e engine. Sile

id. Neutral territory. Tyler can't t

e you been pl

d. "Since the day Grant Mitchell

d hand. Silver marks c

id that

ord's voice went flat. "He wanted in

help me off. My legs bu

drenalin

For one moment, I

him away. "You

e. Whether you be

ars burned my eyes. "Tyler sai

eved him? Jus

my f

door. "Past tense. Come inside

erything I though

st walk away?

looked back at me. Not anger in his eye

led

one alive whe

ppeared

memory. I can't wait to m

ike he'd b

Ford into

, kitchenette, wood stove. Ford pulle

e need

around myself. "You keep saying Ty

ile folder and toss

en

ok as I flip

hotograph. Bodies. Wol

ming it shut.

three wolves slaughtered." Ford's

s impo

the wolves who carried it o

could b

ree survivors. All s

n. I grippe

hy

hed. "And because my Alpha was going

r Al

ne I cared about died that nigh

in his voi

doesn't explain why y

ord pulled out another document. "Mar

t year of marriage, all property, rights, and blo

t under

have." Ford leaned forward. "Tell me about your

accid

real parents. I think they wer

's in

birth certificat

arents: Marcus Blackwo

pson. Bl

e names meant nothing. But loo

e these

when you were seven." Ford's expression was grim. "And yo

ted. I stumb

would r

"Tyler knows what you are. Knows what bloodline you carry. That's why he chose you. That's why

ed down my cheeks

d for t

blocking my path. "

ried to shove past.

, lis

me

through the

toward the window. "

ng through the blinds

w m

econds, Tyler's wolves break down that door. You

teps crunched.

even kn

feel. How he always knew where you were. How he isolated you. How fast everything moved

door explo

poured

nd launched hi

arled. "Back

ra

tearing my dress, my skin. Hit the

und like lov

e, wolve

ust, not knowing what I was, knowing only on