ven give me t

pale gold light on my tear-streaked face. I hadn't slept. I couldn't. Eve

had chosen pr

d dipped below the horizon. The rejected mat

t expect wha

ft. It was sharp, commandin

he silver wolf emblem of the pack over their hearts. One of them - a warrior by the name of

of Alpha Darius, you are hereby exiled f

he breath from my

until sunset to be off pack lands. If you're still on p

ro

slashed t

ing rejected. I

chest. "Why?" My voic

hands. "Because your presence is a distraction to the Alpha.

o

ng at all. Like the Moon

mfortably again. "Sir, maybe

me," Holt interrupte

they we

ith a snap. And I

to my kne

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g up on herself. There was no home here for her now.

neath the pain -

t he spurned me. This was jus

had - a small bag, a worn book, and the locket my

ng for me at the e

new the boy would be a fool," she said, thrusting a soft cl

y. "He didn't even sp

"And the weak fear what

htly. "Thank you

will try to break you since you shine differently. But don't let them. You'

voice trapped

s - those timeless guardians that m

hat's

ned r

icker here, older - as if they were keeping secrets. I walked un

d to keep moving. My belly ached with hunger, and my ar

was no g

llapsed into a clearing and dropped down beside a river, th

was

on

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ish

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d didn'

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d and yet alluring. Clean, eart

lf st

rees. Black-dressed, tall and foreboding. Not one of my

t eyes m

blacked out, I heard a voi

e. Take her t