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pired was pressing down on me and I could not breathe. Although the attac

Although they were too little to grasp the whole extent of the risk, I could sense their disco

in with a dark look. Luna, we have to have a conversation.

d, heart poundi

or years, he has been looking for a means of seizing leadership of the Silverclaw Pack

at. "Darius?" Still, why

he ability to either save or wipe out the pack. Darius finds great obsession in it. H

sons was the prophecy I had so diligently sought protection against. Though

I added. Darius is not safe if he thinks

them. You should also know, though, something more. Darius is master of dark magic, not onl

fear bit at me. "We must therefore ac

sition using dark magic and winning support from renegade grou

ed into a deep quiet. We both jolted as suddenly a loud crash came fr

I followed, unable to hang back. I had to be there to shield my bo

s, who appeared more hostile than previously, the surviving pack members were Fir

sence obvious as he guided the pack's defenses. I looked ab

of the tumult. He yelled something under his breath, darkly intense eyes shining. As

e increasingly coordinated, yet their desperation and violence were growing. Darius seem

e bunker. Their eyes bulging with terror, they were gathered close together tryin

hem and dragged them under a big tree for

for a fight, but before I could respond a strong force drove the renegade back. Arrivi

Over the tumult of war, Kaelan ye

id, resolvedly. "I won'

a mix of concern and than

I saw. Darius was moving toward us, his evil magic growing stronger. The grou

I covered Aiden and Leo with my body as the dark magic closed in. But Kaelan

d in a violent struggle of wills. As the fight progressed and th

Lena and a few reliable pack members were waiting. Their face

. Though he was falling behind Kaelan, his eyes burned with

his indefinitely, I knew. Darius was a great adversary because of his devotion to the proph

of vitality. Kaelan fell backwards and smashed against a neighboring

ne?" With tremor in

I am good. The pack needs to be brought to

cing through my head. Darius's dark intentions were onl

session with power, the prophecy, the rogue strikes, and Deciphering the secrets underlying the prophecy and

avery we possessed would be needed to defend the pack and find the truth behind the prophecy. The fu