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through the room, stirring my wolf. "Alpha, you need to take a s

out the boisterous city of Chicago down below. Humans flit around, bundled up i

th Carolina is a bad idea. You'll be offering yourself up to the Hunters on a silver platter. Yes, they

yes, except the stooped Elder standing in a secluded corner. Elias has known me since

ct. Rhon," I call my first Commander. "Get the jet ready, along

eling my insides knot with a feeling I've

ion. Exc

a

b a hand down my face. I become a

order," I say,

d," comes hi

it. Convince me to stay back. Tel

would I

cks. You want me to say the Hunters are going to attack once I l

ifters are one of the strongest species in the world, yet it was reported just

e six were j

u're abo

e air. I turn back ar

iet. "Malcolm, I've never known you

be old, his senses are quick. He picks u

ver had any trouble leashing your wolf, but I can count how many times in the past month

wa

sense her in S

d look over him. "My beta has

of his rescue because I'm impatient to

enters his eyes. I could alm

behind the door but not before saying happily,

cool cur

A

from the guards flanking my sides, but the mere act only ma

is part o

he intakes. Whil

mmortals going off the rails complete

ay past them, entering into the elevator with the two

ing me instantly tense, drawing up their weapons. Confusion poun

scream over the noi

the test subjects

when I see the room they

c

ard. Fear and worry become a living thing in me. "Don'

when they begin. The bloodcurdling roars My stoma

him

rying-

illing roar. My

ckading the entrance. Once my eyes lock with h

f checking for injuries, growing an

een taken in by

d clamp new cuffs around his hands and legs. Dread knots my stom

" he g

a. I shrink backward and before I know it, I'm slinking away, rushing through the doors and away f

about to