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look up at Alpha Achilles, blinking rapidly and trying hard to focus d

lles just star

rely moving. In fact, my face feels num

matter. Moonlight Grove is the biggest pa

did. And I made sure everyone else did too. The only reason I talked to Tristan is

ay from me like he can't bear to look me in the eye. At first, I think that it's just because he can't stand to loo

What's the problem? You

nally says. 'It has to end

throat and I find myself opening and closing my mouth, struggling to find the right

in my life, I don

to come after him. Maybe even to stop him. But my body is alrea

side for I don't know how long. Snow rains d

m I expecting him to come back and retract his wor

rt of me kn

t's Alpha Achilles, coming back to take back what he said.

only Gamm

ia? What are you doing out here in the cold? It's the start of the Solsti

out of my mouth is, "I don't work for the pack anymore, Gamma

e staff now, not with everyone leaving because of the revolution

feels like a big hand digging into my insides and scooping ever

art packing everyt

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dia is the right c

could hear her. The moment I felt that rush of affection for her when she tried to s

ed, tossing and turning, staring at the moon through the window

was a way to

But the only reason I finally fall asleep

, the dr

, I'm alone. Carlos is not around. The Rogues aren't present either. The only t

and gray eyes. Her skin is so pale that it's almost blue. Her dress is bright wh

oddess, and she

eams, but I've seen countless paintings of her before, and h

this i

k to my knees, my breath

. I can only read her lips. "Dark times are ahead, and they loom closer and closer

ave done my best. I

water still moving underneath. Her feet aren't touching the ice. "That was your

rstand,' I sign to her.

ouch my cheek. "You wished to find a way to expand your

sperately want to make sense of it, to not waste the

a reason," she continues.

ts to change, morphing like molten wax

t is all t

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time, I hear her voice-Claudia's voi

e Alpha's Voice, an