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and struck a deep, resonant chord within my very bones. Brain deep, a strange scratching b

was not my own, carried me blindly down

ded with hundreds

acks, invited to witness the transfer of power, lingered near the back in tight, whispering cluste

ugh the crowd,

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ntic, irregular rhythm that seemed to hav

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up at t

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head, his eyes s

locked

old void inside my chest suddenly

a feeling, but as a physical impact-a sudde

wn, a wild and untamed voice that was mine and ye

t in a wave of pure, possessive fury

age, ignoring his fathe

e, his eyes wide, his chest

him, sensing the inte

right in

barely

ing, urging me to submit to

t and his fingers brush

e rose in a uniform wave, and the air between us seemed to thicken,

king up into

my fate

e future Alpha of the Silver M

second, I saw the same

he charge

lled m

s he understood. He stared at the Omega with grime under her fingernails and real

, the ai

om the crowd and grab

, her voice dripp

hter-his key to securing the pack's pol

clothes, my unwashed hair, and the mop

old, calculating resolve. The warmth vani

ay from my arm as if

uch made my wolf w

uttered, sha

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tight, his eyes locked on