Alpha Mikhail

ne's

astrophe – The

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the moon that illuminated our nights. Never did I imagine th

hing at a joke my father had just made, the scent of roasted meat filli

e scream

the flam

impenetrable as I had thought. It was alight-with fire devouring everything in its path. Masked s

no ordina

h between the pack and outs

s annih

r. Bodies lay scattered everywhere, screams of agony blending with the so

know wh

, I saw

ord drenched in blood, his eyes frantically sear

his body

ped to

rew closer, I saw the blade prot

ze in

dden behind a mask. Slowly, he withdrew his sword

e eyes

onless. Dev

wn, my wounded father shoved

, Ce

ther...

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by the sickening sound of a

around me

as the pounding of

as the blood pool

th

ra

w long I ran. All I knew was that I was bleeding, tre

hed into som

what

my head

blue

e those of the man wh

colder-but the

led like a blade. His body was strong, sculpted like stone. He wore a black leather ja

ot just

a man o

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ouldn't

could utter a

ss cla

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oma of coffee and rich leather. The soft crackling of a fire fi

finall

ned s

ssive leather chair,

hispered, my voic

ass of whiskey in his hand. "I found you in the forest,

my thoughts muddled, disorien

nger ha

s your

a moment, then m

give him m

onger

g moment before exhaling

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inside me

et tightly, my voic

did crawl

omething shift in his expressi

m his seat and wal

arn how to defend yourself-" He turned slightly, his gaz

s to him, my vision bur

t to l

s if he had already

I won't coddle you. You'll be like a little sister to me. And I'll teach

dn't

l who once laughed with

ad died wit

ho was bo

s some

-

learned to be strong. To fi

e offer false kindness. He wasn't jus

e who knew ho

ing to make s

my family was still out there,

e was

uld

uld

grow s

n the t

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d have my

burn the entire w