na Thor

to his feet. The effort made him stagger, and he fell back against the w

ssed, keeping a careful di

e said, his voice a low baritone. "It's not healing. It's

tomach. "I don't know what you're t

in how a lone Omega is standing so calmly in the presence of an Alpha." As he spoke, a palpa

ithin me rose to meet it, forming a shield of ice around my mind. The

ed, his surpri

wolf snarled. *Show him

d Rogue on the run," I said, my voice dripping with ice. "Maybe I should h

ur of motion. The silver dagger was in his hand, its tip aimed directly for m

twisted my body, the silver blade passing a hair's breadth from my skin. At the

g for a split second. He was faster, recovering ins

strength. My movements were raw, guided by a wild intuition I didn't know I possessed-a fusion

, the silver burning like fire. But in the same moment, m

of pain and sprang apart, putti

, his golden eyes now holding a new, profound

m, the sting of the silve

er and held up his hands in

re no ordinary Omega." His gaze was intense. "I have no wis

help?" I asked

If you can continue to mask my scent until I'm clear of this t

,* my inner wolf cautioned. *B

I said. "But your weapon. I'll

y weapon was an act of immense trust, or immense desperation. Fi

at stung my skin even through the leather. I quickly

snapped up, listening to something I couldn't hear. His

back wall, his limp still pronounced but hi

last time. "Remember our d

antom. I was left alone in the silent warehouse, with a burning c