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of it, but not when it gushed fro

t pierced me last night. My blonde hair stuck to my damp skin, my bare body

rib. My fingers trembled and my skin was hot... infact, I was burning up from the inside out. T

ns, the claws ripping out, the endless running... he

by one, my face was wincing with each pu

l breathing. Perhaps the moon goddes

adicated. It was fatal to wolves. No wolf should

ing the knife when

, breathless, eyes scanning th

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in between.

er dagger, like they recognized it... bu

rward instinctivel

bbing Rafael's arm. His voice was

ion? Or P

I didn't r

"I'll do it myself.

her for a moment before

ter now, like he saw me... really saw me. Not

the tub, slowly

you need to breathe, okay? Deep

yes, but I refused to

e..." he called with

anked

am tore

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I curled forward, gasping, clutching my sid

n I felt

ien h

r a towel!" he growled at

it against the wound, firm but gentle, like he'd done this before. He helped me out of

mbled. Not from col

the wound himself, and only when I

've died," he

f would have. Si

w," I wh

rms folded, brow furrowed. "So

ow. I didn't even know it was si

of those silent, mind-link kind

ou than we've been t

to be candid."

I didn't care. His tunic was warm and smelling of him. I slipped it on with trembling fingers, each movem

I le

onytail, straightened my back, and wa

fully and sw

Highness. I really do not deserve your help. No one's... no one's b

d slightly. That tiny

grey eyes... they weren't cold

ching.

lright, Sera. I'm

ve him, but, duty d

'm sorry... I meant.. His majesty... knows I'm a be

ed closer. My

ently. "I'm not my father. And I

.. I can't

led at m

. really smile.... for lik

e wall, arms crossed, saying no

. "What actually happened to y

o I tol

eryt

e run. The silver. The fact that when I shifted, som

his gaze. I felt... exposed. Dirty.

whispered. "The kitchen. Th

need rest. You're

ng would think I'm disobeying his order. What will everyone say? That their Prince is helping a be

rd me. I couldn't mov

ing I asked you to stay

n you fall out with your father... or to cause bad blood between y

breath

g shifted

eyes.... looked into me with a pain I didn't understand. Hi

did he ca

sn't h

sn't a

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et's

chest. I didn't dare look at him, though I wanted to. I felt his

oped

part of me wis

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e prince doi

bly begged f

ould he be h

y fists, forci

de walked like he owned the air we b

id he have to

e palace gates,

quietly. "It's better this way. I do

to protest, but Rafael pla

," he said. "L

uth, but Rafael touche

iling weakly.

.. I didn't

se, anger flickering behind his

art flu

uldn't

t I

tepped into the hallway. My face was warm, and I couldn't stop the b

I mat

hell are you co

lted me from

a plate of green grapes in hand. Her eyes instant

lips c

. the warmth I'd been

I was in

y big t