THE MATE THE ROGUE ALPHA WAS MEANT TO KILL

in'

the middle of watching two of my warrior

way it only did when something had its full attention. I had felt that stillness before in fight

bt that had never been paid. When my fated mate took her first shift I would feel it, sharp and specif

e out there in the dark, s

already walking by the time they registered that something

every step I took toward it. I smelled the campfire smoke first, then heard the noise, students, tents, a school retreat scattered thr

I fou

ion and clearly fighting through it. Around her, voices were rising. Someone had gone for help. A boy was cr

ark and watched

loud and insistent, the message simple and clear.

not hesitate, that I knew exactly what the curse required and

not

where they were. She was powerful. I could feel it from where I stood, something deeper than a young wolf finding its form for the first time

f went

nised something, and whatever that recognitio

se over the bond. I had grown up hearing their stories told like warnings, like proof that this was simply what th

of the transformation gave way to silence, I pulled back through the

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d me twenty m

ithout announcing themselves, falling into step on either side of me with the expressions of wolves who already knew more than they were letting on. I had not told them abou

first. "Y

not

he first shift is

at the leg

out there and the

" I said. "I wat

careful with her words. "If the

what it does. We are

cause they knew me well enough to know when I was done. We walke

I was not thin

ut her the en

d. Information gathering. The logical next step. She was a student at Draven Wolf Academy, the pull had come from the direction of thei

hed everything that required careful handling, and figure out

her the legends were wrong about the timeline or there was something about this situation that di