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e alley stood under the flickering neon light of the motel walkway. His massive frame seemed to swallow the

trapped bird. I looked around the tiny, mold-infested r

n Alpha's Command, but a low, rumbling baritone that vibrated

rs wrapping around the col

s if he wasn't used to saying them. "The Rogue scent on you... my instin

gizing to a wo

s refusing to eat. The Pack Healers can do nothing. Her mind is slipping, and she i

alley flashed in my mind. Slowly, I approached the door, lea

ked onto mine. Up close, the sheer pow

om me?" I whispered,

he said sof

cramped room, making the ceiling seem entirely too low. I immediately

"Agnes died twenty years ago. But my grandmother's grief has fractured her reality. I need y

ly overriding my fear. "You want me

ffer you absolute protection. Kael Blackwood's blackl

k that used me and threw me away like garbage. I am not your mot

his Lycan composure cracked, revealing a raw, bleeding desperation underneath. "She

w that pain. I had lost my mother, and just days ago, I had lost my unborn pu

ture, and for a fleeting second, I didn't

d, my voice barely

over his har

r, you use your resources to give me a completely new identity. A new name

hesitate

ng just short of invading my personal spa

e said, his voic

nt our skin touched, a strange, electric warmth shot up my a

an

wolf world, there were Alphas, there were Alpha Kings, and then there was the Kane bloodline. The

powerful stranger. I had just s