shattered

amiliar, frightening. My chest heaved. My skin burned. Something inside me was shifting,

ock. Loude

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throat closed up. My wolf was clawing beneath m

en, banging again

ing the room until they lan

ds of glass on the floor, glowing faintly with residual energy.

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tiously, like approach

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ad that wasn't quite my wolf but felt like it was older than time. The warmth tha

out interrupting

bloodline... cursed or blessed, depending on who tells the story. Wolves

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dden. Banished." He glanced at my penda

rotectively. "T

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the doorway, panting. "Alpha! Rogues

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wall. Another voice came through it,

ever meant

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ing pulled

teps. Into

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s-ancient runes that pulsed with the

supposed

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closer, a s

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ness-tall, pale, with silve

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he said, voice li

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cold. "What

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touched by the forbidden flame. Marked. Your death

what you're

u w

pulse of darkness shot

to my

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aid. "Before Kael. Before th

, a throne of bones, a girl with my face b

amed, clutch

pered. "You are a weapon. A

he va

able to breathe. The cavern had vanis

sliding to the floor, shaking. My pendant pulsed against m

ot si

ten

he meant by me being a weapon. But I co

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me with wide,

u were dead,"

age and heartbreak fl

ected me

nd I made

pped f

pped

things-dreams. You... you were screaming. Then f

king my head. "Yo

"But something stronger held

red a

the words that sha

n't make a mistake. S