: Black Cr

lack Creek sm

all armed, all silent. Selene rode beside him, Mira strapped to

y," Kael

use her against me,

't argued

to view as the sun crested the

he gates hung crooked on one hinge. Sm

anning the perimeter. "Fast strike. In and

ord already in hand.

irmary. Ali

. She rubbed the baby's back, murm

infirmary, chest bandaged,

ough," he rasped

side the bed.

ra. "Mara's wolves. They said it was a warni

Rowan

I told them the fence was broken.

cross Rowan's face

they go?" S

hey left a trail a blind man could f

Then we don't

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wl of stone and sha

on a ledge with twenty wolves at h

epped forward

d. "Bringing your chil

away. "Let the pack go, Ma

ways between the future and the past. You chose t

He loves the idea of you. A mother who gave him

forward, Mira

us because we chose to stay and figh

face ha

em," she

ogues

massive frame, fangs bared. Kael and

on her. Instead, she dropped into a defensiv

e for her.

nd drove her knife into his shoulder.

him. "Tell Mara

r

ore c

g turned into something sharper. She didn't fight like a

nature. He tore through Mara's front lin

blade to blad

cks!" she screamed. "They

her with a sn

ollow me," he said. "I

ra, still safe

ond, something like regret flashed

ped back

ound c

a f

She caught the ledge with one han

r voice was small. Not

eached

knife in Mara

Selene

la

ard, aiming for

lade missed. He grab

ng there. Alpha and E

Rowan said

eyes me

" she w

ngers

fe

hoed through

ce fo

st heaving, blood dripping f

d slowly. "It'

er. He looked at

his gaze

as o

r

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