s thick in the air, acrid

r. The wound was already swelling, the skin around it

t think. S

nd the dumpster and yanked

through clenched teeth. "Who the

for the emergency kit she always carried. It was small;

e: a silver syringe tucked inside the l

ane neut

rey looked at her with

since I w

d been meant for herself. In

wound. Grey cursed, his body jerking against the

t. "You want to shift with poison

th. "You're mean w

eon. I'm al

the antidote in, then

ut it out," he said, e

it in ther

s, wo

she sliced open the bullet track and dug out the slug. Blo

e wound quickl

oter wa

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" she said. "Befo

d, swayed, and col

s weight was almost too much. His body was on fire, his t

your car?"

have one.

irking through the p

ut

toward her apartment. It was only five blocks away, but each one felt like

e hunter watching

idn't fi

t

edged between a laundromat and a tattoo parlor. She

er couch the second

t on her door. Then s

o the hell you are and what kind of

ale but smirking. "I told you.

ry again. And this time,

ha of the Bloodpine pack. Or...

hy

ey tried to kill me. Staged a mutin

been running

"I've been lo

ath caught

ra. You're the Luna. And I need you

g to leave my life, my work, my hospital, to be

e second I scented you, the bond snapped i

turne

as r

etic, like gravity in her

ing to do with the wolf world. She wasn't going to burn

wincing. "You were born for thi

g," she said flatly. "

any

ed from the h

snapped towa

ed low. "H

pel from her coat and tossed a kni

ll weak, but his

urned towar

then

O

d inward in a sh

epped into

red. Hoode

a saw what h

a

oll

wolfsbane. Built to

aimed direc

Chapt

.......

ill Grey be strong enough to fight back or is Mira a