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look away, but her gaze holds m

liberate and

e... and you know what

when it comes to punish

ips curling back into a soft s

of all people, seeing me kis

come next.My pulse is racing-f

is silky, but her eyes pin me in place. "And you'l

nto mine, and I nod before m

continues smoothly, "by going to Alpha Dam

on. Just the name sends a s

me something from there...

the Moon Relic? It's just a damn myth.

dess, she's just trying

t serious. "Alpha Damon and his Faceless Pack has call

d Dozen. Last time it happened I was younger than Liam and mom and

es offered up every decade

before the Faceless wolves even land in our port? And you can't s

ive manicured hand. "Your name was s

o with Cael... and me. Inside my chest the bond

to Liam, I can't just die on him. He's barely thirteen, and still too young to shift, t

ghts flashing behind them, no, not just a warning. A threa

ong, his only crime is being my brother. And yet, every damn time, they drag

ce drops to a whisper, but it'

mile. "Of course. Safe under my pr

ps back, finally letting t

lecture in a classroom, "but I don't buy legends that easily

orce the words out. "

e steps closer, voice dripping with honey. "And your lovely brother, such a bright, careless boy, he's under my protection. It would be tragic if he lost his pack's favor, all the free education, a place to live... Mr. Th

me a death sentence and

t to strike, right under the jaw, hard enough to shut that smug mouth

evening courses

ing me as a

up like I final

nd I'll grant you both freedom. I'll pay for a new life in Bavaria, that quaint little town that accepted your university application. You'll s

e. Bavaria. I already see it: cobblestone streets, Liam'

r, turn us into hunted fugitives with nowhere safe to land. Or... I could step through this door she's cracked open. She's lost her mind with this Moon Relic thing, but ma

, or I'll find a way to

rying to claw out of my chest, pounding against my r

straight at her, refusin

slams into me; I've just agreed to march into the fearsome Faceless Pack, slip past their w

Fuckity, fuck

spreading into a smile that c