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ng to cool the icy resolve in my veins. On the phone, Mr. Davies, the pack

gally flawless, Mrs. Hatfield. The moment you hand them to the Alp

all. Freedom was no longer an abstract dream.

un

e path. Her eyes were red and swollen, her posture perf

I asked, my voice

's been kneeling in the Ancestral Pack House for two days now. I went to see him... he looks awful

dn't shed a single tear or shown a sliver of panic. Yet here she was, his

I replied flatly. "She never listens

ustration bleeding into her voice. "But how can you just stand by an

h ground made

hus

knelt was ten days and ten nights. There were guards watching my every move. The moment I swayed or collapsed

play the heartbroken lover, whispering empty apologies while letting

ing there, since he is suffering for you. If you are so heartbroken, perhaps you should be the one be

did go to Grandmother! But she refused to see

I said, turning my back on her. "If

n panicked. She lunged, her fin

can't be this c

gh me. I pulled my arm back. I didn't use an oun

fingers, Karin's eyes flashed wi

p, she hurled herself backward, collapsing hard onto the unf

the hell are

as sprinting toward us. As the Alpha, he was granted a brief reprieve each morning to review urgent pack

tive rage. From his angle, it loo

ving his punishment, was sprinting toward us. His eyes were blazing with

s upon me. Driven by blind panic for his pre

dew-slicked stones, and I tumbled backward. The sharp, un

my ears, followed by a blin

f blood instantly filling my mouth. Warm liqui

dy on his knees, scooping Karin into his arms as if she we

s darted over his shoulder, locking onto mine with a flash of hidden triumph.

, glaring at me with a disgust so profou

e commanded, his Alpha aura