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AY

and, only a five-minute walk from the

ghting off in the distance, but many were in

imir was Zagan's second

young, listening to him tell me about the Mor

gifted family and had bee

elation to their siblings, each child

heir to the throne. They were bor

hen they came of age. Azazel had been the f

g and agile. They would take over as the head of the royal army w

't surprised to see that he had taken it upon himself to

t, born with an incredible min

lligent people in the world and were known fo

h child born into the Mortar

ties in their blood that could hea

to talk to. Minnie was the fourth born of Z

d his wife, Queen Cordelia, were to produce the nex

r, this plan quickly changed when Cordelia died during chi

ve that it was due to this grief that fate decided to pass th

his nature. Yet, he was a fair and just ruler,

, I noticed that Minnie was also in the group of

gh, too busy studying the large wolve

her, her head turned to look at Z

eld and was standing next to her father. He smiled down

e said in amazement to her f

, assessing the hundreds

never actually seen a werewolf in rea

so strong! I couldn't believe it when I got

sn't in the mood to humor the o

ing grounds and all of my pack members. My body tensed as I wa

" Minnie asked me, contin

," I g

ght be done talking. But then I heard her whisper to her father, "He'

s turned to us in shock, and the werewolves dropped to their kn

ace for a second before Zagan stepped

r the last twenty-four hours, my wolf and I felt ready to bite someone's

go help the wolves tra

saw a blur of movement fly from behind Zagan, and Minni

me once before

bers watching me with wide eyes, wa

ybe give an inspiring speech to prepare them for b

op myself from shifting out of blind fury. So, instead of talkin

Kyle started to approach m

n he was within hearing distance

e obviously sense

ed in r

d stood next to me. H

ves. He began splitting them up into pairs, telling them to

imir in disdain. "This is so not

een the head of our army for years now. He was good at it an

lly worried that Casimir would be taking over his

tand that I wasn't in

pires than you do, Kyle.

e in surprise. "

me for a moment but was quickly

ntinued to glare at my pack members, Kyle spoke again.

I growled and turned to him, baring my teeth

s a smart thing to do. But the extent of his intelligence ended

is, but I don't care. I don't know wha

t whatever this is"-he gestured up and