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here, you wor
ehind me, their footsteps pounding the forest floor in hot pursuit. The leaves under m
oul
eat trickled down my forehead, stinging my eyes. My lungs burned wi
st e
to su
e to
trying to silence the sobs crawling up my throat. My min
ar. Promise me, you wil
hard on my cracked lower lip until I tasted blood, but I didn't slow down. I didn't loo
I couldn't compete in speed or strength. But none of that
s... slashed through the underbrush as they closed in. I didn't dare look. My only hope was reaching the edge of the
egs betr
ard into the dry earth, face-first. Sand filled my mouth and pain exploded through my
cre
avage delight. Icarus, the pack's Zeta, joined them. I knew the Beta would be nearb
but refused to beg because that
a Adonai's voice thundered in my ears like
g slave,"
parents betrayed our father!" Adonis growled, his lip curled
laughed as he raised his dagger. In his ot
wasn't punishment, it was a game to the
eing tied to a racehorse and dragged through the village square until I was nearly u
he border, I'd be spared. That was the only mercy they'd
ver ma
ind a way to twist the
n. Because
er proof. Long enough to clear our family's name. Long enough to avenge
tears running freely down my
on the chain, his grin w
r cursed family. Your name will be erased from this
my tangled hair and slam
from deep within me. My body crumpled to the ground, trembling. My ears rang, my s
, I p
wered me, even though every offering, ever
me," I whispered.
spoil the fun, brother. Let's take her back. Tear h
oice rough with amusement.
d lolled back, blood dribbling from my mouth, my vision blurred b
th
to
foggy, my ears still ringing from the impact. But
her
e twins. That voice... it was calm but fi
demanded, his whole bo
t to regret stepping into
onai thundered. "We dec
at the same time," the voic
e, heavy with dominance. The ground a
ranger, challenging him. No one crossed them and lived. Whoe
led to shift at eighteen. I was cursed. Marked f
and light. A tall figure advanced on Icarus. He moved
snap, bone cracking, and t
d me as my eyes r
thing...