Outcast Alpha

trying to expose everything I wanted to forget. My body ached from yesterday's fight, from running, from the way Damian had grabbed t

hair back and smirking like he had slep

ike a zombie before noon. Honest

"I don't have time for your jokes. We have eye

le and shaking. "Lyra... do you th

hat since last night." My voice softened just a lit

od, he was watching everything. The trees, shadows, and us. He looke

he said. His voice was low, almost teasing. I g

id, stepping closer

but something else I hated admitting. "We'll s

ck stuck close with me, Kaelen and Mar

The hybrid pack had vanished after last night, but I kn

ess," Damian

nds on my hips. "And you're slow, watc

mall smirk. "Action without control is suici

aw. "Better fir

n't need to, he underst

ey. Fog curled around the ground like fingers trying t

f a paw print. It was too big to be human, too d

. "You really

fast. Mara whimpered softly, but

was reading a map only he understood. "They're following us,

spine. " Marked?." I mutte

ng into a death

d. His voice was sharp, stea

how calm he was, and even mo

e valley and I ducked, dragging Mara with me. Something huge s

eeth bared, their claws ready to rip us apart. My heartbe

he had been waiting for this moment. Mara screamed and tripped. I yanked her bac

with knives flashing. We weren't just

alpha. His voice cut throu

yr

ood f

look to know he was standing on higher ground, wa

screamed. Then I felt Damian beside me.

whispered. "Don't

kiss and punch him at the same time.

This is only the beginning,

nto the fog. My ha

under his breath

ered, "Not yet. Not wh

y chest, I kn

t running from

running

.. running