Alpha Of The Blackmoor Woods

to be in Blackmoor

ou don't breathe in Dravon territory. You certainly don't bleed in it - be

Dra

of man that entire packs m

er-tipped blades didn't care about p

I r

ght me with his blade two miles back - shallow cut, not deep enough to slow me, deep enough to bleed everywhere. The trees blurr

the footste

like

gor swear.

ossed t

from the

e said. "Dravon wol

otsteps

ressed my hand to my side. Breathed. Counted

k

k

full of wolves who answered to a man whose name alone made pack Al

d off t

o the largest wolf I ha

eyes, completely, terrifyingly still. It didn't snarl. Didn't snap. Just stood there and looked at me

my hand before I

looked at

back

fying feeling i

ame out steady. Years of practi

shi

earrangement of bone and muscle, the sound like something the body was neve

a man stood where

dn't change, with high-blooded wolves. Built like someone who'd been fighting since before it was a choice. He

reats. Like he was already three steps

ng on my terri

d of quiet that meant he'

aid. "I'll bleed

d him. His hand clo

ho grabbed usually grabbed to hurt. This was just

his hand.

go,"

losing

my bus

y border." His silver eyes moved to

ed as

dd more by

gone by

running for four days. You have no pack, no allies, and a bounty on your head that I hea

w tig

humiliate me, just stating facts, like he was reading a map o

id, "is also

t me for a

strils

gined it. Like a man who'd just touched something hot and immediately decided not to rea

ist tightened. Just s

I said again.

s your

of y

Is your

estion t

ushed authority. I'd felt it before. I'd always hated it. The way it pressed against your

ned my spin

you don't get to us

ing that looked - just for a second

aid. Like I

who yo

ow what I'm

telling you clearly - let go of m

knife still in my fr

t

ck. Kept my

our enemy,

aid. "And I stopped trusting wha

o walk int

His voice followed me. Still quie

ped wa

t turn

he said. "One nigh

dark ahead of m

most dangerous Alp

Short and

ted. "Nobody offers anyt

d

ned a

ace and I thought - this man is hiding something enormous behind

ed. And fourteen men would

ight,"

nod

d him int

help