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ied up a loose floorboard Gideon had shown me years ago. Tucked inside the dark, dusty space w

unic and was about to slip out the way I came

lpha scent

edge of the small clearing, my body instan

It was Bane Silvermoon, the new Alpha. His dark, beady eyes scanned the area, a

low, menacing rumble. "Give me what you're

e open, I stood no chance a

chin held high. I met his furious gaze

im more than anything else. He was use

Command, a wave of pure p

ssure designed to bend my will and force my body into submiss

e, forming an unbreakable shield around my mind.

a small, mocking smil

ef. It was impossible. No Omega, no warrior, sh

me, a flicker of doubt, of fear, in h

arled, his voice losi

laced with challenge. "It's just an old book. Is it so

His face darkened with

ody began to shift, his bones cracking and refo

his wolf form. Bu

etal token Kael had given me. I held it up, the in

stared at the medallion, his human face fr

King?!" he choked out, his voice a str

I didn't know exactly what it

. "What you should be concerned with is whether you can afford

ck was strong, but they were nothing compared to th

eyes slowly faded, replaced

ard, then another, never

led, a last, desperate at

" I said, my voice carrying clearly in the night air. "F

to the darkness of the trees, leaving him standing th