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bruised wrist against his ribs. "Restrain thi

their silver boots crunchi

g out heavy, aggressive musk meant to paralyze rogue trespasse

ke an Omega. I smelled like absolute, pitch-b

" I co

roar. It was a silver ne

g, who was leaning heavily

s," I said, each syllable ringing like an ancient funeral

rp, horrified breath.

er was different. It was an ancient, irrevocable renunciation sworn before the Moon Goddess herself. It meant a wolf deemed thei

ry drop of marrow, and every lineage tie connecting me to Greg and Cathie.

d as the mystical tether linking an Alpha to his pack memb

er of his lip from the s

ogue female alone in the northern territories? You won't survi

es gleaming with feral ecstasy. "Which i

th frantic tears. She looked up at me, whispering, "Sister..

d over

o shield her, but he was sti

. I bent down. With the gentlest touch, I reached out an

ered softly, almost tenderly. "You

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ous, that the sound echoed out

he white wall. She collapsed against the side of the chaise, clutching her

r while she was still r

evil could hear, "was for twenty-eight yea

ted until there was

ok of sheer, bone-deep, demonic terror

tepped on for twenty-eight years was dead-and the wom