ng door, bearing the body of our dead alpha, I'd taken adv

ot

and out to freedom. Evening light cast pink and orange hue

Mating Moon, my smel

r to

ne would be too busy mourning the alpha an

ied about hunting me down would

ar

have. I reminded myself. As I

I to

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ear as I did my mad flight through the trees. Swinging around the tr

o throw

Running headlong through the trees until I

ace, I caught a whiff of a he-wolf on m

t he was w

ing Moon wa

ave me. I knew who it

through against the side of trees

ake it hard

ching below when I glimpsed his blonde head in the shadows

profane words to cover the aggravat

me

g to another tree to crouch

I was so

l enough,

to shake the d

the grieving r

h. What little I knew of Draven told me that he would be furious t

ack. And he'll

one amidst wolves after I'd been the strong one amongst humans for so

hem physically

. They're far s

honed from combat with NightHunters and even our own wo

wolf even larger than himself l

t trying to take me

a ch

s too stubborn to l

s. I had seen how formidable he c

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y mark for him. I quietly watched him following t

llowed me. Even as I'd

nning the distance. I can't s

wasn't King Detry's Castle. I knew I'd gone in the opposite direction but knew I ha

nize the white banner with gold stars. B

ed mud which had layered over the years. Some of the piec

ainly in

I could see that there were

ned. A g

utterly decimated b

uieter than a cat's. I made my way silently toward the fringe of trees winding

nce to cross

s I gauged the distance. Listening careful

him call a short distance behind me

y tossing its soft pink hues over the hor

ating

ift through my pores and my eyes yellow before I surged into movement. Crossing the distance through the thin layer

se. Needlessly messy but I

higher in the air. Bounding more than running. My long tail was trimmed white beneath and adjusting with each of my movements to giv

rable und

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pants behind me. Huffing rhyt

ive my female scent up to the treetops and leave it t

ainly would

rce him into a change, so he could suc

l to

much harder it was for the males t

y all control o

st take

rolled to two feet. Knowing I was bare, absent all clothes and hai