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nion, I lead my fated mate-Kael, the Alpha Wolf King-
pushed to the brink of death, Kael broadcasts h
t words are
. Tell her she is the
rt-wrenching despair. For those critical forty seconds, I race against time
ildhood sweetheart in front of everyone. Wor
critical seconds in battle, he brings fabricated military charges
o determined to destroy is the v
r mate-bond and apply for a transfer to
rd, my mind-net op
pte
night, swirling and coiling against the ancient sto
eyes fall half-shut as I channel steady streams of ma
my duty is to steer clan warrior
network, a bridge of consciousness
tabilize this network across vast distances, maintaining perfect c
aw panic surges across the p
in the mist! They ar
of Squad 5127. Leading this squ
is our dea
It completely suppresses our powerful regenerative gifts;
tens to burst out of my chest. St
ming beneath my skin - a searing, blazing white-hot energy. Elder Thorn
c feral energy of the rogue wolf
ooms across the sha
surrounded. A net woven of
d gravel-edged, carryi
I love her. Tell her she is the one thi
n slams into my chest, draini
my fat
other. An invisible soul-contract bin
s final confession belongs t
hopeless torment. Biting cold w
elids, but I sink my te
ic tang of bloodred wits back under control, locking
oice transmits across the link, flat and unwaveri
t. There is a narrow gap in the
he connection, thick with wariness and suspicion
gnize the voice of
is already shattered to shreds, eaten away by the fie
stion, I give my
e hundred meters ahead, leap over th
I become their only eyes
hem past one death trap after ano
tective ward barrier around the castle do I
rd the main courtyard, hiding in
e with my own eye
after brushing so close to death, perhaps he will come
from his giant wolf form and shifting cleanly ba
rs, a female figure steeped in cloying rose f
s El
r waist and kisses her deeply, righ
nking deeper into shadow. My
ice Seer-Guide, slips to my
e telepathic message to say he s
and shake my head, pr
d we were fated mates, Kael has re
ven a single word over ou
ore Kael finally re
ur master-bedchamber bed, star
cent - deep fir mixed with the tang of an oncom
gentle word
elming power presses down on me. The low-rank wolf-spirit
of an Alpha, a force my b
ldly, his tone brooking no argument. "Elara has been terribly fright
throat tight. "You would giv
rthermore, at first light tomorrow I go before the Council of Elders t
your life
" Kael roars. "Cold and emotionless! She h
t turns
traces of blood in
lication requesting reassignment to the frozen Winter-Claw Wolf
the next dawn, the master
n complete pos
great oak wardrobe, shoving my plain c
and watches me pack my few pers
e spire," Kael folds his arms and sneers. "Sitting safe
, deliberately exuding a frail he
coos sweetly. "Not everyone can be as brave as
lded clothes I head for the drafty
ng communication crystal
on Goddess Festival, when we first discovered we we
he guest room and
," she laughs lightly. "Why do you
glances casually at the crys
osses it carelessly into the wood
high. "Also, if anyone asks, you will say nothing about
the crystal half-b
ommanding tone, "find out exactly who was manning the main spell array
pathic channel from my mentor Elde
nst the duty-officer of that night. The Council knows the name; the seal binds everyone outside that chamber - including hi
w of the Chief's roster. No one in this house reads the duty ledger.
hare my whole life. A bitter truth settles heavy

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