d harder, and Mi

rom him," th

s on Kaelen's ribs. Warm blood soaked th

stay, we

hem, then twenty. Men with scarred arms. A girl who couldn't be older than si

man said. "Loo

. "I see a girl who walked into our den b

re extinct," so

acts." Anya's lip curled. "The

lenched. "I'

ove

a docto

your throat and we'll

allow and slow. She had spent eleven years hiding her eyes behind brown lenses a

lens in her left

let the w

im tunnel lit up like dawn. When she looked up, her eye glowed

man at the back dr

"No," she breathed.

e," Mira said

few inches. "Get him in

own the tunnel. Mira followed, but Any

ome wi

-

len lay on a cot while a medic cut away his shirt. Mira stood by the wall, arms cros

gainst the opposite wall, blade still in hand. "Run to

hoice. The Enforce

e has a

aren't you

"This is my pack. I don

t have one." Mira nodded at

lowering her voice. "I don't care what Kaelen thinks he saw in you. You're a risk. One wr

w what

ed my brother last winter, and I'd bury twenty

om didn't feel like hatred. It felt

a weak v

y but sharp. He pushed himself up on one elbow,

l," the m

elen's voice was r

hurt," A

Alpha

eathed her knife and walked out, the medic grumbl

e room. Mira stay

ookstore. You said your pack was dyin

t out a slow br

say it

wrinkled from being handled too many times. A girl with his grey eyes smile

a," he said.

red at t

parasite." His voice shook. "It's eating her alive, Mira. The doctors say she ha