Rejected By The Alpha Hockey Captain And Then Claimed By His Brother

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soldier panted, his voice shaking as he

my fallen brothers. The chaos outside was deafening, a relentless meat grinder that I honestly hadn

f my jaw with the back of my sleeve. "Because why would any

ned to me, if he had paused his grand strategy for even five minut

ic speech over a solid perimeter defense

forehead, his eyes wide with genuine terror. "It's not just a standard r

rs. "The Abyss?" I stared at him, my humo

rotting crater. Unless the monsters down there suddenly figur

"The dark energy is spilling over the northern borders and the gu

c in his voice was too real to ignore. If the Abyss

moving out. We need to infiltrate the Abyss and plug the l

ing his head violently. "Infiltrate? Sir, that's suicide! We'd die be

close to him, my voice dropping its sarcastic edge, "Look at me. I don't care about the stories, and I don't care about the danger. There ar

, and the logic of my plan imm

ed to be stretching, detaching from the rocks and snapping at our heels. Mon

The soldier screamed over the din and he was right. Stayi

o the ridge!

over a pile of shattered stone, my eyes caught a flash of something out of place. Ami

us, looking like a broken doll dropped in the middle of a

she was a casualty of the void. Bringing a corpse-or

ay from her, forcing my b

ull tugged right at t

sure that made my lungs ache, dragg

led, turning back at the edge of the cleari

led back, my voice tearing throu

shadows creeping up the rock face. "She's already

ters closing in, the

nitely going t

tide of darkness. The snarling and gnarling of the Abyss beasts grew de

her, and scooped her up. She was incredibly light

weird pull flared up into a burning he

my heel and launching myself back

at my heels, the shadows reaching out to drag us both down into the dirt as I ran fa

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, but we were already breaking it down. The battle was over for

ing back to

walking up to me while wiping grease off a le

ing up from the map I was pre

. "You sound thrilled t

mp than face my father right now," I sa

of listening to them lecture me makes me

usting his belt. "Word from the scouts is today was Easton's mat

Don't care. Easton can mate a tree for all I

shifting toward the medical tent. "A

ening on the edge of the c

here I'd seen her before. "The nurses said sh

ping lower. "She doesn't have a pack scent on her that I can

dmitted, looking to

why my chest felt tight every time I thought about leaving her behind

p settled in. My boots felt heavy as I walked over to the isolated

t laid there, completely still against the white sheets, looking tiny and incredib

was pacing, scratching at the walls of my thoughts, "Calm

ly, I reached out, my fingers trembling just a fraction be

aking my breath hitch. And then the pull hit me again, ten times stronger than b

aston's g

my mind, roaring a single word

te.

like she had actually burned me with a

way

my back hitting the woode

o, no

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