Severed Bond: The White Wolf's Second Chance

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happen in steps. It h

take my seat next to the Alpha, a

was alre

ent doe eyes, feigning confusion,

"Sit in the back, Harper. The Alpha table

d to the back, sitting among the Omegas. They shifted away from me

oman made of iron and spite, her spine stiff with self-right

ce carrying to every corner of the hall. "The Pack is weak. A L

ut his tone lacked bite

ng into me. "Her wolf is dormant. She is essentially hu

aze was heavy, devoid of the

commanded thr

like invisible strings. I stood, t

oice echoing in the silence. "Adm

ailed," I

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ed, tears streaming down my face, t

, as if I were nothing more than a nuisance. "She needs to reflect on

lake level. The water there was laced with trace amounts of Silver. F

bed me. I didn't

er rose to my waist. The moment it touched my skin, I hissed. It wasn't just cold;

he dark, my legs numb and raw. Every ti

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, holding a plate of roast chicken. The s

aked, my lips c

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ruining it instantly. "Butterfingers. Oh well. You don't deserve to eat

e casting shadows over her cruel

rst was ye

pened. Eli stood there, fl

up," El

kin red and raw from the silver water

of earth that was Leo's grave,

iking in my chest. "No,

birthed by a cursed womb," Eli said, his face blank, li

m!" I screamed,

d: Freeze," E

rced to watch as the shovels dug into the earth

l wooden coffin.

t my ribs. I just wanted

d, blocking my view. She

ce dripping with false sympathy. "Just to be safe

ened t

command until my brain felt like it was bleedi

ile playing on her lips. She w

, dust to sewer

pped t

my Leo-poured into the

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collapsed, clawing at the pavement, trying to reach t

ing down at me as if I were the filt

t from behind Kasey's legs. I knew him. He was an

ody," Kasey

tending. He slashed at my face. Pain ex

ng in the dirt, bleeding, wet, and broken.

"Strip her. She doesn't

ng me shivering in the night air. I curle

li commanded. "If the Rogues

he territory. The warriors swung me and t

ungry howls of Rogues, something inside me

d, replaced by a cold

ouse lights, glowing warm a

, the promise tasting like iron in my mout