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formidable SUV. He had insisted on driving me himself, a decision that had clearly shocked h

at the passing blur of trees, my mind a chaotic whirl of future uncert

of the borrowed jacket, brushe

the one I only knew by the handle "Seagull." It had arrived in a plain box with a simple, typed note: *Evidence is a weapon the powerful never expect the weak to wield. Always be ready.* I had thought it was a paranoid,

as I pressed the

howling on the peak, followed by the muffl

ood of the pack, sacr

as he gripped the steering wheel. H

The sound of a rock tumbling. My own terri

neering satisfaction as he ground his boot

a murderous energy. From the back seat, I

f impact. Tears streamed down my face, the audio forcing me to relive every horrific

erged from the speaker, crisp and clear in the

d? The fall alone would

lean up whatever is left

can officially welc

editated conspiracy, laid bare in their own words. The pe

SUV skidded to a halt on the gra

a terrifying, righteous fury, the light within them blazing like a forge. The full, unrestrain

th?" he demanded, his v

y nod, chok

t come from Lyra. It was the unrestrained power of the man beside me, a king's judgment made manifest, a promise o

V into gear, but when he pulled back onto the road, he turned

h confusion. "Alpha King? We are no longe

s profile carved from granite. His voice

to the Black Moon territory. There is