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still

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she did

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, his wolf pacing just beneath the s

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was to

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t that mark?" he

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ossi

rm. Congratulations." She tried to

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was racing. She was real. Alive. Breathing. And the mark... it p

," she said,

ove. "You'r

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ghtening. "You don't under

ve been hunted because of it. My mother died pr

ently to sit again

kill me, the world ends. But maybe it'

y in the moonlight, curved like a blade. Not a birthmark. Not a tat

on's C

ime story to distract children from the howls outside.

hadn't touched

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s. Silver-gray. Un

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in the corners

the Alpha Council for treason against the pac

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. A witch. A woman who believed peace b

killed h

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e whispered. "They burned her

throat

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you were de

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silence for

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et her

run anymore

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