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is calm look indicated to her that he, too, felt t

tension in her chest.

ves. As she came closer, their gaze shifted to her. Just quiet judgement; no pleasant g

Lois's heart raced. But today, something seemed off. She had sacrificed everything for Tyler, their shared

he stillness. "Lois," he replied, his eyes scanning over her as though she were only a

he hoped it would pass, her strength had been declining recently and she

ed in the air, freezing he

k no longer helps you as it once did. Your deeds show

ten. She had battled for Tyler, bled for him, and stayed with him through

t and confusion. Lois maintained her cool even as her

of his words last. You are now banishe

breath as her eyesight momentarily blurred. Though she had realised the

ords he whispered pierced the quiet: "Your bloodli

her as though she had already been lost to them. Her mind raced, too overwhelmed to grasp the immensity of what

her palms. Not just now. She had to know this to be able to understand it. The reality, how

orward. Lois, you were once my equal. Your might, your lack of control, however, is more th

verything," Lois said sof

ided to let it go." Your d

h of the pack's loyalty fading from her, replaced by their cautious glances, th

one to show their quiet consent. Their e

s. But there was nothing at all. His face unreadable, he stood still. Even Kade, the

his voice reverberating. Get

yler's callousness was a constant echo in her head; the pack was missing. For him, for the group,

rted to set below the horizon, she understood how far she had been t

emed meaningless. Tyler's rejection weighed heavily on he

ader, as she travelled deeper into the woods away from the pack's doma

rt, she spun fast but only saw the changing trees. Someone-no, so

de

in that moment, Lois felt a

his voice emotionally hoar

g to spill, she swallowed har

he remarked gently. Yo

e did, she might never rise again. Wiping the moisture from her face, her hands trembl

twisted inside her, "I gave ever

connection from all she had known. Tyler had labelled her weak and a liability, but he

exhausted of running, exhausted of struggling for the

she thought angrily. "After

change in the atmosphere. Though she couldn't explain it, she could feel

That sound was familiar to her. Wolf. But these weren't the group that ha

she stopped. A big figure appeared through the trees, gleaming softly in the twilight. His form was magnificent a

that would have killed her. With every step, his muscles rippled, showing grace in hi

s an

a pull she could not deny. The air around her appea

his voice pierced t

e, as though he had known her all her life. As she re

didn't get how this Alpha could make her feel so much in only a second of eye contact. But as his pre

voice a soft breeze calming the t

up empty. What was that? What was he l

f had breathed, the shadows appeared to bend around them, drawing the landscape in

his voice like a promise,