The Alpha's Predestined Soulmate

see, except for shredded memories. She knew the layout of this forest by heart, the roots that stuck out here and there, the massive trunks between which she now slipped lik

r what she'd seen. She tried to push the image away, but it clung to her thoughts like sharp claws. Her brother's howl, broken, barely huma

Why him? Why them? But Lyra had filed the questions away in a corner of her mind. She knew they would retu

hing had happened. She took a deep breath, the cool air biting at her lungs. She didn't know where she was going, only that she couldn't stay. S

lamp flickered at the entrance of an inn. She hesitated for a moment. Her stomach growled, but the idea of stopping, o

ng in the air. A man sat near the counter, a half-empty glass in fro

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r. The woman behind the register eyed her suspiciously, b

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to the back room. Lyra sat up, aware of the man's gaze still on he

ple who pass by here,

er, but he didn

that's obvious. You're runni

nd his own business, but he was smilin

, kid, I've

ord. She ate in silence, but the man didn't move, continuing to observe her as i

re stories going around. Things that have not

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out a trace. But hey, you don't seem like

s had some truth to them, even the most absurd ones. She stood up

s a man named Kael

but it seemed strangely familiar. She turned to ask for clarification

e walked to the edge of the village, her mind clouded by the man's word

d on her way. She didn't know where she was going, but one thing