ra

d in my pocket a

: "Why are you loitering

imple detour. The ma

not engage in games to garner my att

hone and shoved i

tment, a savage poundi

BANG

g and rotting leaves see

rough the wood: "Open this

as kicked violently inward. My parents pushed into my liv

e elite Warrior unit. The price is h

ng I had before I left. I'm a baker now. The jewelry I sold went t

spat. "You have mi

g," I repeated

ave, I'll summon the Pack Enforcers. You

eeth sharpening into fangs. He swung his massive arm-h

e floor. Warm blood well

" he roared. "You wer

es flashed-cages, starvation, being remin

d in my chest. Something ancient that had bee

up at m

brown. They ignited with blinding, icy silver light-

any Alpha rank, the unchallenged authority of the White Wol

uck. The suffocating pressure of that momentar

g my phone. The screen sh

ed, my voice echoing

crambled out the door,

the drain. I looked at my reflection-at the fading silver l

yet understand-and somewhere in Blood Moon territory, two peopl

y freedom had o

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