NI RAV
echoed with the sound of ra
w crack in the heavy door. The air inside was thick with tension. My father sat
s betas said. "The deadline is tomorro
er cut him off, his voice quiet. That
our own Western packs have gone to his side." A pause. "He's feeding alphas with his blood. It makes them stronger,
pit, every black market in the district runs through him now. Humans and wolves alik
murmured
and came down
oug
fell imm
g cold and absolute. "I will not hand my daughter to that monster
ave the strength to stand against what he
gh the room like a whip. "I will not sacrifice her. Before I am A
at followed wa
away from
with and a fate I never chose. And my father, the man who had
ered outside our territory. Sebastian
ore the tears cou
***
as I fled the packhouse, heading straig
dat's
here silence hung heavy and the only whispers were the ones from th
d before
the moonlight. Her hair, white as frost, fell to her waist. Her blind eye
aid softly. Her voice always sounded li
ned. "Then you k
was warm and thick with incense. Candles flickered on every surface,
ashidat. Why did the goddess mark me? Why did she have my path in
, she said, "You call it a curse because you see only the suffering
y lips. "To doom everyone I love? To tie my fate to
laspheme against the mother, child. Even pain serves its place in her weaving. Th
ing else, something wrong and ancient. I could feel it in my blood when he touched me. I'm powerless against him." I said, last night's dream flooding ba
, Leilani." Rashi
ing my head. "W
She said, voice low and rhythmic, like a chant. "You ar
m?" I echoe
e energy. "You are his cure and key to freedom but more importantly, his undoing and damnation.
You mean the Alphas? The o
is hold on them. Undo the curse he sprea
nse. "I don't understand
One for creation. One for destruction. You are the m
ead. Undo him? Heal what he poisons? Reverse the
" I whispered. "I never
seeming to look through me. "But destiny does not wait fo
one. The beast hunts what he fears most, but be not afraid fo
***
re quiet on
qu
he air that made the hairs on the back of my neck rise. The kind that
ped wa
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