n's
overlook. One glance at my reflection in the rearvi
e Blake, turning around fro
scraping low in my throat. "And
n't try t
limousine drove off along the mountain road. Its red taillights
while the wind blew hard across the
ed it somewhere in the back seat. My shirt collar hung open
dn't paid much attention to
the wind slowly turned my knuckles red. The cold still didn't bother meow me. Life carried on like normal down there, but f
thought. Then they touched something hard ben
were no words carved into the metal. Instead, a dark wolf's head filled the center. Its face tilted upw
totem of th
go, I'd put this chain ar
ling over the estate as Alexis leaned against the balcony railing in a white dress. Her hair spilled over her shoulders,
ing closer and tur
eyes for me
to now?" said Ale
close
ed her hair away from the back of her neck before slipping the chain izing," sai
one,"
ross it, then turned to face me again. She traced her thumb
enough to pull me in, and I kisse
s looked at me and sa
brushed the skin near her collarbone. "I want everyone to know
he look in her eyes told me
ad ever made me happ
t and that better days were finally waiting for us. For once, I'd
Maybe the Moon Goddess had neve
ved quietly enough that the wind nearly covered the sound. Still,
nt beneath the cold night air, the smell of metal from the railing, an
ed by old ink and the li
ever carried that
ugh the tightness in my s
look, mostly hidden by the shadows. He wore a black hoodie
clenched between his fingers. A thin strip of light caught
he rushed forward and swung the
y thumb nearly pressed into the joint out of instinct, but I stopped mys
rrier with a sharp metallic sound before falling over the cliff.
lade. He aimed for my throat again, but I turned aside before it reached me. The edge swept
hit the ground, rolled t
one motion, I twisted him around and forced him against the barrier. The chain pressed hard into his back as
and pressed my knee against his lowe
e than necessary. At this distance, th
the entrance, and two beams of
" said
one hand and guns in the other, with their weapons aimed directly at us. The safeties were a
e to them through
at," I said. "Pu
d still for
shifted slightly before the beam
em. Now,"
die finally dropped his weapon to hi
is gun to its holster, although he ke
the man's hood and pulled
he dim lights around the overl
you,"
ct three years ago, and we'd worked together several times d
m each other over coffee, and spent hours
inner once, where we'd ended up talking ab
with one arm still pinned behind him. A fresh scrape near his
my hold
ht. Instead, he remained surprisingly calm befor
n let me go n
more seconds before fina
the dust from his hoodie. He didn't seem bother
t have an exact head count, but there are enough of them to be a serious problem. We've also confirmed that they've stockpiled a large amount of silver ammunition. They recently got a new leader, and things have become a lot
arrier. "And that's why you
onsidering how you've been for the last two years, I didn't know if you'
away, but my hearing was sharp e
barrier. "Fine," I said. "What
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