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ap

back into place, a

ith a wet pop that echoed

t back with a scream. After decades of shifting,

together, sealing the deep wound Logan's

heirs. The silver traces in the wound made my skin itch

naked and co

Carlos and I had shifted in fron

across the road in shredde

ore we reached Centro Villa, bu

r offended," I rasped, spitting blo

ated us. Beaten us. And then walked away

self," Carl

ed. "He thinks the Belmont pack i

rl's knapsack ly

ikely running from something...

her within minut

nzipped the side pocket and grabbed

ter that satisfied m

rlos said, his voice dropping an octave. But he

d, watching him closely. "We need to

hands on her made my cl

but the idea of a "forever

e was the only food in the world. Like I'd been walking through li

, Fletch," Car

asked, though

at me. His eyes w

said. "I hope

mach d

pping to a dangerous growl. "She's my*l mat

di

simple words that

each other down over a girl we didn't even know. A girl

would tear each other apart until o

fought side by side for over a century. We'd save

a woman I'd known fo

arled. Yes, wit

running a hand through m

atural. Alphas didn't share.

aid, his gaze intense

in, then at the horizon

egends of powerful wolves blessed by the Moon Goddess with twi

spat, but my co

would the Moon Goddess give us both th

rlos snapped, his Alpha voice rising to meet mine. "

ak her," I

rough the confusion, the jealousy, the territorial

red if she died in

eyes. The same desperate need to protect what was ours. We could f

mistake of taking something

words tasting strange

undred times before in battle, but this one felt differen

" he a

e carrying a piece of her heart. Her scent surrounded me, and my

Alpha voice returning in full force. "W

was over. Logan wanted

th, toward the dark for

asn't fighting it-fear and confusion and a stubborn spark

e to survive unt

, "we paint the stree