The Rejected Luna's Secret: Awakening the White Wolf

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ke a greeting and more like

throbbing temples. The cleanup from the Rogue attack was a

tired. Worse, he looked... disappointed. He had been lookin

ha

She's not i

e garden. You know how Kelsey gets. She can't handle violence. She's like

opping the honorific, sharp as a w

my skin like magma. I didn't have time for Kelsey's fragility today. I h

pen the be

empty of *life*. The air felt stale, undist

to the ni

e, coiled like a sleeping snake

d the

Jensen, rej

eedle driven into my heart, hit my chest.

lse

ow, echoing silence where he

ation down, and tossed the

ped Aria first. She knows Aria is a Gamma's daughter and a warrior;

from the doorway. "A rogue was inches

ash. I hadn't known. I had just... reacted. Aria was sc

. If she wants to run away and play the victim, let her. She'll be back when she run

a's quarters

I said. "For recovery

sey

ythmically, a lullab

the Silver Crest Pack was fading, replaced by a dull ache th

ndow at the blurrin

the pack inhibitors suppressing my system, my biology

It sounded cliché, but right now, I needed light. I needed to

moise

conductor was c

yon," he said, pu

" I whi

wns me,* I thought. *He thinks love is

t smell of him, of cedar and rain. It smelled of coffee

Days

artment in the 18th arrondissement.

Pack's social media page. I hadn't blocked the

ph

ine, leaning against the vanity where I used to brush my hai

could see the wall. M

itory. Portraits of the elders. They had been erased. Re

d eras

cold, hard stone settled

needed to do something. I needed to

lvet bag from my pocket. Inside was a diamond bracelet Bennett had

he woman behind the counter in br

onds, eyes widening. "

aid. "It's

feeling lighter, as if I

pplies. The crowd was dense, a river of bodies flowi

d grabbed my el

ref

ng in my chest like a cello

ar

s skin touched my coat. The sensation was so int

oked

looked effortless yet deliberate. Eyes the c

a second, his pupils di

at

. She didn't whimper.

o, no

colder than ice. I couldn't do this again

ry," I s

from a dream. He smiled, and it was a gentle,

"Are you alright? Y

to go,

t see him watching me, lifting his hand to st

burned. I ran until I

nd chance. I was still bl