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I said there, trading at her demolding barn, teu lepassen ng enge must be part of me that wants to protect her despite in all. She can’t walk away
sally say, my weder low and adorje. Tar la li alijs Booms my hand, latting the ground with a dull dusd.
walk out of the hallway Hela and Mary are waiting jo
“My Alpha de por think that’s reenight. Mary Im
îne, her persistence grating on my already repedures.
lay doel the weight of her lortrayal,” alie zoutinuing, relejaless in her atteinga
chec, my voice doopplocio a firmie prowl. “Mary, low would po
„realizing that she’s coverstepped. Finally, she stopped following me
My indiel spinning with unanswer
Cranchdly. The parkinnat never see me falier, not when betrayal in disin
matil I come up with a foolproof plan to remoone laipi. Hut
Will | Terhion attend meetings convening the elder Will I allow linn besocialize anel potentially
Edustaninare my people?
now that hurting her mould.
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But I know better. She’s nothing but a snitch, a fox hiding in the den of wolves.
li seems like she was truly scared of me in that moment, but fear doesn’t absolve her. She doesn’t deserve me. She doesn’t deserve the luxury and protection that comes with being here within my territory. She doesn’t deserve the position or the respect she’s been given.
She deserves nothing.
I should send her away. I should reject her. This act alone is treachery enough to justify it.
But Camise voice sharp and disapproving. “You didn’t have to scare her like that. You don’t even know if she’s guilty.”
I grit my teeth, barely holding back the wave of irritation his words bring “Of course, there you go again! She can do no wrong in your eyes, right! Just that the fuck up if you have nothing useful to say?”
But Canine doesn’t relent. “Tu just saying, you can’t keep blaming her for everything that goes wrong in the pack.”
“I wouldn’t have to blame her if all the evidence didn’t point to her?” My frustration bails over. “She brought her ex into the Apex Circle, Garine! Don’t you get it You need to shat up now–I need my head cleart”
The silence that follows is deafening, but my mind refuses to rest. I can’t think straight.
I take a long drive away from the castle, hoping the open road will help. But when I retum that night, exhausted and no closer to a solution, my thoughts are still consumed by her
age, she is all I can think about.
No matter how angry I am, no matter hour justified 1 feel in my rage, she is
I feel the urge to see her, but I force myself to stay put. Has she eaten today? The question pounds in my mind refusing to be ignored.
I try to shake it off, but the thought persists, Lean’t stop worrying. Has she had anything to eat?
Eventually, I give in. I call Bria. “Take her some dinner,” I instruct. “I don’t want to see her just make sure she eats.
I tell myself it’s enough. She doesn’t deserve anything more, not after what she’s done. But deep down, I know the truth–I just can’t stand to face her right now
I retreat to the stusly, burying myself in work to avoid thinking about her. But then I hear it–voices in the hallway, frantic and loud.
The Lunar li’s the Luna! No.”
freeze. My breath catches. I don’t wait for confirmation: I’m already on my feet, running as fast as my legs can carry me.
“What’s wrong with the Luna?” I demand, my voice sharp and urgent as I approach the commation.
Bria turns to me, her face pale, her eyes wide with panic. “It’s the Luna! She’s… she’s cold! So cold!”
“What do you mean cold!” My heart drops. A crushing wave of fear rushes through me, and Canine howli in
“I don’t know! She’s just so cold” another servant cries out
I shove past them, bursting into her room. My hean dropped, fear consumed me, and my wolf ached.
mind
of her has been drained
Amica is lying on the bed, her body trembling her skin pale and ice–cold. She looks almost lifeless like the very essence of
“Get the healer!” I roar. “Now!”
My wolf athes, clawing at me, screaming to do something, anything, to save her.
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