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sence was a physical blow, nearly making me choke. I f

y exposed skin. "Yourself?" A soft, almost inaudible scoff, thick wit

t. Any sign of fear, and he

be bolder. "I may be wolfless, but I was a Gamma on the battlefie

ng myself within his suffocating aura. "Aren't you curious? What ki

ng everything on the ancient, primal instinc

tomless pits. I could feel something in him s

d fingers brushed against the side of my neck. I flinched, not

l. His thumb pressed gently against my pulse point, his eyes narrowing slightly. It felt as if he wasn't just touc

a new, rough edge to its icy calm. "You've s

I was swept off my feet, held fas

hall, deeper into the darkness. I too

aming. "He won't protect you! The Ancient One never i

lew open with a deafening boom. It wasn't pus

stumbling over each other, their torche

ne," didn't even look back. He jus

ute authority and killing intent, rolled ou

omething older, purer, something that made the

r face a mask of white terror, stood frozen, her legs shakin

Just the release of his aura was enough to make the

d faces outside, and a sick, triumphant p

furnished with only a massive bed

eness. The drug had reached its peak. I was a fish

eyes churning with dark e

could feel the tension in his body, the storm he was barely suppressing in those g

f the drug intertwined, a wildfire consuming everything. All I could hear was his rag

way by a force far more powerful and domineering. My consciousness frayed

r, his voice hoarse and absolute. "From now on, you are mine