BOUND BY BLOOD AND MOONLIGHT

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led her. And tonight,

st friend Elara, who stood behind her,

voice low. Firm. "And if h

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weighed on your skin like warning. Every branch creaked like a whispe

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sharply. "W

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wolf stirred beneath her skin, r

re stepped out

hair fell just above his silver eyes, and those eyes

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wolves,

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ilverclaw Alpha's pet likes to

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scared

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shifted

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lf...

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rned a

ack across the invisible

ing felt

't sleep t

ection. That bond. The kind she'd only heard about in s

sacred. Rare.

ed to happen b

d kill her. Or

k circles under her eye

ined harder than usual, sparring with wolves twice

dn't

the next night, her feet

stood at the ed

ucas was alr

k," he said.

did

ay his jaw clenched, how his eyes lin

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you're not what

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n't de

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through the nig

mach droppe

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hesitated. "Why did you

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ill d

eyes

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er. "This is da

stop

did

out and brushed his

re. Like lightn

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n but this t

e stared at the ceil

just a bond.

blood would spill. Her

t night, sh

their hands touched

leaned in nei

efore thei

through the w

ack cloaks. Sha

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