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g, and my breath ca

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making the entire structure look more like

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territory. But that d

the name of the pack, pa

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e. I was now an exile. I was

y hand. That was when I real

e black steel that opened automatically as I approached. Inside, I could see marble fl

drinking in the be

s huge, yes, but this o

higher. The stares of passersby, directed at

ent in their eyes-yet-

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wanted to ask, but once aga

nd a cool deep voice answe

h's grip on my arm remained tight, as if she feare

she wa

entered seems t

or-to-ceiling windows that spanned the entire back wall, of

, black metal, giving the space an

while the walls were a combination of rich dark wood and s

haps it was the person that sat at the middle of the r

anyone to tell

ith a unified, "Alpha,

e was young. He was mayb

so goddam

e. His straight nose sat proud on his face, his sharp jaw would make

staring

down. A chuckle echoed, but I couldn't br

ring like

e cool voic

s direction again, and

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said back, my

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on his face, and I felt my face hot agai

nk y

io that was silent, and rais

hands clasped behind her back, her posture s

d in respect. "We found Rav

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irst, we thought..." She trailed off, glancing at me briefly

y heart

e. God, I

is just catching

s back, not wanting them

to me. "Go on," he said, his voice deep and calm, but

d. "By the time we got to the riverbank, she was already half-submerged, caught in the current. It

ack?" Alpha Rowan asked, his gaze

d gather, she bears the scent of another territory. I

ack to me and I wanted

in his gaze ma

Ravenna," he said softly. "I ju

cult to speak with the emo

ck are y

my throat and I f

onger part of the pack. I repeated in

oice it was weak and path

d to me and the

inctively took a step back, while Sofia shifted into a fighting sta

s fu