THE ALPHA'S FORSAKEN SECRET

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ticking clock, each pulse resonating in the hollow place where my heart used to be. Silence five years, hiding five years, and now it was all

ad previously escaped. The clean autumn air pricked at my skin, reminding me of the evening I l

is my lighthouse. Her clear green eyes reflected my own, wide with innocence and inqui

t him today?" Caleb, her twin, followed us silently as usual,

the Blood Moon Pack. Their

g turned aside like I intended nothing? How could I help them to realize that the guy t

ve known the truth. But that truth might be lethal. It may wipe out what I had attempted to create

for me. Though I was not sure how they had located us, they had. That evening burnt into my memories, the howls in the distance, the blood on my han

ersaries, strong ones who would not hesitate to turn against Jackson using them as leverage. Even after years of su

with

o call home, I felt my past come crashing down on me. Jackson's steely eyes and the vi

trong enough

ced two lovely, strong children. Still, the scars of his rejection burned deep, and I couldn't help

n back. For Lily and Caleb, I would meet him. I would enter the

heart. Something seemed wrong. The woodland was too silent, the air too motionless. The

ays seeing, always listening, he had always been more sensitive to danger

e said, his voice al

t here. far too close. As I understood what this meant, my heart crashed against

me," I whispered gently, my voice firm even as my panic grew.

had come to respect in them, they both nodded. Though they had no id

ed them-three wolves rising from the shadows, their eyes glowed amber in the last o

lfe led them f

I had imagined, and his sharp, frigid silver eyes fastened onto me with an intensity that shivered my spine. The world seemed to

ays they ar

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the past. But I couldn't afford to let the past chew through

forcing the words out, my voice calmer tha

ne. Jackson's eyes flicked to them, and for a fleeting moment something tore

staring at the fury building in h

he could say, a strong howl ripped through the tension

ned p

follo

distant sounds of coming wolves got louder. His tone stern and for

ped directly into the lion's den, and now the wolves were closing in. We had

then, his wolf under control and the change quick and smooth. Before

e trailed Jackson into the forest, gathering my kids near. But one ho

ught my kids int

to shut in around us. As we sprinted, Jackson's black shape led the way and my heart hammered in m

n I not

a smile that made my spine shudder. His presence ex

horne

," he continued, his voice full o

od wen