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wall came

cked. Then the dead poured through like water through a broken dam. Their growls mix

lready

Blood-fresh and old-coated the ground. Somewhere to my left a young pack sol

s's right

n they pinned me down and left me for the dead. Tonight he was barking orders near

rf

d headed straight for the weaker side of the defense-exactly where Marcus stood. He turned too

open just far enoug

f who I used to be, but of the human girl the Alph

e!" he

dn't

rieked, thrashing, blood spraying across the ground. Still I stood the

ght left his eye

ine. Someone had shoved a half-dead zombie into me during the final push. I kill

atisfa

tents to wipe the worst of the mess off

-splattered, eyes glowing sharp gold under the eme

e you?" His voice w

nds with a torn strip

rcus is dead. He was isolated near the secon

up slowly

h drying blood. He pulled me closer until I had to tip my head

d have sa

ose n

outh even and cold.

that

was already surrounded. One more b

he wall." His voice dropped lowe

away. "Maybe you should worry less about what I watch an

my shoulders hit the cold metal of a supply container. One of his h

who lives and dies in m

be you should have been the

ould see the blood smeared across his collarbone, the tension in his jaw,

tonight," he said

s the only differ

e inside of my wrist, right over my

holding me like yo

e distant crackle of fire-faded under the heavy silence between us. Kieran's gaze burned

il his mouth was

ike that," he said, voice roug

enough that my lips

e orders fro

e body we

. My shoulder brushed his chest on the way by. I didn't look bac

t debt w