ALPHA KAEL & THE MOONBLESSED

be serious,

way outside Kael's chambers.

to leave, sur

ack. He was alre

m not some lab rat for y

s, his back to her. "You said you

hanks for stopping by, don't get

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alke

d after h

," she m

cleared b

tur

as C

tty, in a dangerous

with a cold smile. "Or stupid.

t have your Alpha rejecting them and then th

flatter yourself. It's not

? Whether I scr

ld as ice. "Whether you'

mory, Lyra stood inside a larg

lled about. Most gave her cold looks. A

pile of gear

ather. Rope. You

it?" Lyr

u run at moonrise. You have until sunrise to

ed by

do whatever they want with you." Her s

kill

If you die, you

e blade. Small. S

ppens if

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yes. "Then I'l

head of a long wooden table. Around

ray eyes and a long scar acr

the gi

a girl. She

her," the elde

el said. "She's tied to us, and

ger, crossed his arms. "Then

"Because I need t

," said the s

who entered the room.

the window. The

vive," he s

u be sure?"

rkened. "Becau

athered. Dozens of them. Warriors. Omegas

er gear that didn't fit quite rig

of the crowd. She saw hi

id no

er di

horn

d began

Hunt.

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art thump

e do

t out," C

" Lyra

she

face. Thorns scraped her ar

t the forest

rp gasps. Her legs scr

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around her, twist

g smelled

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rang out behind

little

didn'

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r, she he

tip

pounding

were

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into a cleari

lves wer

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ma

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he road,"

nd found

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backhanded her

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olves

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nk its teeth

and stabbed i

ped, wr

ain but something

ack

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ught vi

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dirt, blood pour

rely see, ba

cked away as Kael rose, blo

eath him wa

urned

ay?" he

d I had to

lie

e a hollowed tree, root

arm, his touch ge

ot ready,

tered. "You knew th

ed. "Of

you stop t

if you'd surviv

unbeli

re al

oked a

feel it?"

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," she whispered, "I still

r, eyes soft fo

o," he

here was silenc

range, painf

he

l come

t going

vive a full ni

tch

low, "you don't under

waying slightly

g two days ago. But now I kn

on-born prophecy girl, and I've been hu

ld her

on my knees. Not for

tared

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led. B

ght,

the air

e fog ro

ten

that?" Ly

echoed fro

ra.

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he recognized but h

. come

fr

ered. "That's n

closer. "W

urned

y mother'