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ger stepbrother, Caden Mcdowell, had a terrible temper and slammed doors at home every day si

, I tapped Caden's name with a shaking

oice, a cold, robotic female voice spoke. "This is the Pack Security Center. Su

the blood drained from my face. "Su

a high-ranking Alpha in public, resulting in a comminuted fracture

lick. I sat frozen on the leather

loses control during his restless phase-he's not usually this nasty. I just can't understand why he wo

eyes darkened as he noticed

eyes as my voice choked up. "My brother... Caden is locked up

vy door handle of the moving SUV an

my wrist, hauling me firmly back against the leather backrest.

dle of his adolescent wolf restlessness! The guards at the Security Center are all hi

ver slightly, using his mountain-like A

p voice. "Who do you think you can save by storm

our gene-ruled society, a Wolfless without an Alpha's backing

s digging deep into my palm. "Then what d

already signed the preliminary agreement. The formal B

and the Elders' deadl

Bennet said, his gaze fierce. "Remember this-from the second your pen touched that paper,

k-a mental channel I couldn't hear as a Wolfless, though I heard him bark aloud to the front seat a second later, "Car

passenger seat, his fingers already fl

wheel hard. The heavy armored SUV roared like a dark

attered slightly as cold dread over

Bennet suddenly reached out and wrappe

edar scent surrounded me like an invisible

ened domineeringly, his thumb gently rubbing the paint calluses

For the first time in my life, I didn't

d my hand as I stared out the wind

ned into the grim gray compound of the Pack Security

ight in front of the main entrance was a dark blue Ma