ter

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ra'

ouse. I walked beside him, feeling the weight of every stare from

vy wooden door. It was larger than the last one, with

," I repli

"Do not thank me. This is no

ithout an

room, but I still felt trapped. My mind kept drifting back to Snow - the way he had looked at

oft knock came at the doo

as S

he door behind him. His ice-blue eyes

" Snow said. "Kael is in a

th tension. I could smell his scent - pine, moonl

upping my cheek. "I have been thi

to his touch. His thumb brushed my lower l

d. "The pull. Not just the force

owly. "It i

usually are," S

's rough claiming. This felt like something else entirely. When voices soun

. "Be careful. There are those in

leaving me flush

rd warriors arguing in the hall. Some blamed me for the recen

en hostility. She was beautiful and strong, with sharp features and long aubur

could feel her eyes burni

he stepped inside, and what followed was consuming and fierce - his touch rough and possessive, mine helple

admitted coldly. "But do not mistake this fo

e there a

Growing tension within the pack. And secret stolen moments with Snow, where

the gardens. He pulled me behind a thick

about you," Snow confe

aching. Snow pulled back

ed quietly. "I will

g whispers that I was a spy sent by Blackthorn. Some warriors star

. His focus remained on strengthening the

found old maps and letters in the pack library, hinting at secret alliances betw

forward broug

to my room, I found a not

or you will end up

ing was eleg

ir

s no longer hidden. It was buil

became my only source of warmth, while Kael's cold cl