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a new moon, Clara and I crept towards the abando
, on the other hand, felt a strange, sharp ca
oncealed the passage entrance, I heard low
her into the deep shadows of a ma
were talking. I recognized them
er tomorrow," one of them said. "The pat
her replied. "Eller will protect us. We jus
ret is as good as dead." The voice drifted t
my blood congealing in my veins. Clara'
pure horror. We had stumbled i
er, Eller Farrell, one
door just a few feet away. If Everet died, I was f
press
let him be murdered by traitors. If the Pack fell into chaos, my mot
pered to Clara. "Some
egas? We'd be accused of bei
ed in my mind,
lian. Now. He's the only one wh
d figure approaching th
towards a different path tha
e last, tearfu
aking it skitter across the ground. I stepped out of the shadow
rs spun around, their faces
Rochelle demanded, her ey
p," I stammered, forc
e running away?" she sneered. Then, realization dawned on her face
she ordered
he estate, but deeper into the dark woods. I had to lead them
r heavy footfalls crashing throug
nder low branches and weaving through thicke
ll, moonlit clearing. The
face. "Your luck has finally run out, Omega. Tonight, yo
he trembling, the weakness-it all fel
rst time in seven years, I let
as cold and calm
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