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pped the moment

ack to those wild,

tiny fists hitting Silas

d, her voice cracking. "I will not

red wool, the only movement a slow, dangerous tightening of the muscles

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dying. I had

one to protect her when I was gone. She had

k Omega aura outward, tryin

nd and slapped

e sound echoed like thu

ou are acting like a wild Rogue! You will

a f

olf slits melted away, leaving only the

She just covered her face

t coal against my own skin

would not see my own tears. I

ed it with her favorite blanket

my scent. A pup needed their mother's scen

ck out, Silas wa

ether. He was watching the rapid,

my breathin

uth to speak, bu

the heavy silence. Silas

oft and sweet like honey. "Are you almost done? Mi

xpression soft

way," he

rn he had for me vanished, replaced by

took the heavy back

," he sai

wed him slowly, her head down, her sma

as paused and lo

picking her

the table to keep my

said. My voice w

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was sensing something unnatural in my answer. An Omega mot

slowly, his eyes narrowing.

d not

estions. He just nodd

r click

ddenly empty. The si

scent of my pup was alre

oor, gasping for breath as the

the room becoming a physical

d another taxi, and gave the driver th

ed to know

tree outside the massive

of glass and stone, glowing with

d. He moved with an unhurried grace, first opening the rear door to unbuc

ed the boy

wearing a beautiful silk dress. She looked like t

with a warm, welcoming smile. She gen

e a complete, f

breathing. Maya was safe. She was in a wa

all that

tighter around my body, ready to walk

ery brave to l

from the sha

ed and

eet away. She had followed

, but her eyes held a cold, calcul

Even now, with the silver eating you from the inside." She tilted her head. "I can smell it, you k

d to ice. No o

hing ancient and hungry. "Run along now, Se