ra
d in my pocket a
: "Why are you loitering
imple detour. The ma
not engage in games to garner my att
hone and shoved i
tment, a savage poundi
BANG
g and rotting leaves see
rough the wood: "Open this
as kicked violently inward. My parents pushed into my liv
e elite Warrior unit. The price is h
ng I had before I left. I'm a baker now. The jewelry I sold went t
spat. "You have mi
g," I repeated
ave, I'll summon the Pack Enforcers. You
eeth sharpening into fangs. He swung his massive arm-h
e floor. Warm blood well
" he roared. "You wer
es flashed-cages, starvation, being remin
d in my chest. Something ancient that had bee
up at m
brown. They ignited with blinding, icy silver light-
any Alpha rank, the unchallenged authority of the White Wol
uck. The suffocating pressure of that momentar
g my phone. The screen sh
ed, my voice echoing
crambled out the door,
the drain. I looked at my reflection-at the fading silver l
yet understand-and somewhere in Blood Moon territory, two peopl
y freedom had o
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