(THE ALPHA I WAS NEVER MEANT TO LOVE)

PTE

me feel like I was standing outside

my wolf, felt her presence beneath my skin, and experienced th

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receive a response almost immediately. Some stones g

hoped mine woul

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e was

s to carry me forward. Every step seemed louder tha

uched the moonston

th

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laughed

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failed

head down. I was used to the whispers

without

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ever should h

ne always

ed when I was young. She had left me only a few mem

brushed a

t surrounded a s

told me it was an

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pendant felt unusually

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ple turned towa

warriors

a distance, their presence was enough

he ap

Kael D

his name cou

the Norther

hless. Un

ory. Some said he had never forgiven an enemy. Others

ted arr

st thing I notic

moved across the crow

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ped br

ed toward him with a for

me in my life, I heard

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hough it had been buried insid

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and I instincti

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ra V

ion was i

k flashed acr

hind him exchan

as though he had

wondered if I ha

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odd

enched so tightly that a m

hat my surname

whatever it was

near the eastern

expression tense. He whispered somethi

ire demean

en found inside Si

e

n his own life before

at made Kael's att

apon found be

ack

ied it carefully

could see the strange marki

er cre

ound a bla

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same

eart

not

oved between the blade and the

ssion told me he knew

thinking about the fa

king about be

the mate bond that had just

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coming w

underst

looked toward the warriors

was t

was t

yes return

almost painful in

ur name is E

es

lasted sev

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pposed to have died

d turne

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gaze ha

y was hunte

ore at the penda

how, you

pendant with s

d if my mother's secrets had

had been

ad just entered Silverpine territory ca

come looking

ved the bloodline

ey knew I