The Boy fro
Great Hall like a crimin
locked in iron, yet his steps did not f
filled the Blood Moon p
he pack was known for strength, unity, a
thern border without permission was no
a Durkehn stood at the e
omething ab
entity within her restless and alarmed.
er very marrow and the burden she was born
hat made warriors lower
h the hall. "He was caught ne
guards dragged the b
an like someone who had spent m
was unkempt, h
ha Jones asked, his voic
pack. I've been alone since the last war. I
ttled over
ere was something unreadable in his gaze, something that
without permission," he said. "That a
on the boy, but Nicole did not m
d. "If you must punish me, Alpha, I will accept it. But I hear
ght he carried. She ignored the calculation behind his eyes, though her inner wo
Nora straightened instinctively. "She is beginning her combat training,"
If you stay, you will work, train, and live under our
and when he smiled, it seemed almost
hand rested on her shoulder. "This is Nicole. From
a warm smile spreading across her face. "
" he replied, his voi
of the hall, she beg
ounds, about the warriors, about t
who had never been give
s, they sounded harmless enough, like ordinary curiosity from a newcomer
w, casting long shadows across the earth as warriors watched from a distan
sked, a small s
ect that masked his true intent
e that, a ne
violently this time, not in
side. She only smiled, choosing to see a friend
ply watched, unreadable, as
his gaze lingered on
seemed too controlle
someone
truck
ise. Insti
e in her life... her
already ste
lickered through th
as too clean a
wed surprised, bu
again... hard
finally
t her wrist mid-air, twisting her
from the watch
a f
but because no ordinary newcomer
edge murmured under his breath, "his s
gh for only her to hear. "You fight like
nd in that moment... her
sion faltered just f
the fading light, neither of them real
ething neither strength nor
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