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aking. Wil

nt moonlight and made hi

nbo

one in his life

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pped c

ld eyes glowed in the dark like twin stars.

a wolf,

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said again, carefully

he staggered bac

ic,fear, magic, old bloodlines. His wolf itched benea

t

ly. "You need to come with m

napped. "I don't even kno

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g up. Her legs gave out an

r mo

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uld blink, crouching, hands up

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and something in his chest twisted. A fli

kness.

gnit

blood and a curse inside her. The Moonbound.

believe

front of him s

jelly and her spine ached in ways she couldn't

ar him than she had anywhe

calloused. Warm. H

k at her like

t her like

now your name,"

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h caught.

iddle of wolf territory, fresh out of yo

member tellin

r added. "But not here. We need

d chille

ed toward

u," he said. "It didn't

er half-stumbling steps. His movements were effortless,like

she was dying. Her body wasn't he

nd a giant black gate loomed ahead ,carved

re we?"

ked at he

h that led to a fortress of shadow and silver. The m

e belong

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her d

e in human form, others not. They stared wit

beside her

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man," som

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red her inside a room filled with

ing to face her, "you're

pped c

l the prophecy