en'
choed in my head. "Do
Alpha possessiveness, his way of c
closer. Louder. Then another, and another, until the night spl
estlessly inside
to chaos. Sunrise warriors shifted mid-run, their clothes shredding as fur ripped through their skin. Rogues d
into the ground with bone-cracking force. Screams and snarls tangled together unt
n I saw
astating, terrifying. Each swipe of his claws shredded rogues apart. His jaws crushed throats like th
belly-deep and de
awing at me. I wanted to run, to fight, to do somet
eave th
did
****
en's
urgent. "The rogues are attacking. I've taken the pack to th
ely finished when
lood.
. Bones snapped, fur tore through skin, and in the n
ows poured over the east wall dozens of rogu
het
ould step onto my lan
ying across the dirt. My jaws snapped shut around a throat, crunching bone in
red, the bond thrummed
re
be safe. But her fear bled through the bond, spi
earing another rogue apart. You'r
ripping down a rogue at my flank. "They're po
Let th
ng molten gold. "Then we'll r
eneath our fury, and the rogues began to falter because it
ing: no one touched my pack.
t my wolves, no
***
the courtyard. Their snarls faded into the forest as t
with blood that wasn't mine. The scent of iron and rot stun
re
man once more. Warriors shifted around me, wounded but alive, clearin
outside the borders. Double patr
ore shifting. He bowed his head, sweat dripping down
d. Report to m
st tightened. I wanted to go to her, but if she'd obeyed,
r thick with smoke and blood. Inside, silence pressed he
my office, Cole was al
tight. "There's... an urgen
xed. Anoth
air behind my desk, golden e
ghtened. "It'
The bond in my che
said, his voice heavy.
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