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gray and
until they cut it at the line, shoved me forward, and turned away without a word.
ssed
wretched
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em of my dress. Every step hurt, calf muscles cramping, chest still bruised from the reje
sper looped
aid. My friends
of the knife. I tried to think of something els
growls
tiple. E
athing. Fear
en. Rogues. Filthy fur, scarred muzzles, ribs showing under
one torn ear stepped into the op
ulling back over yellowed fangs. "Said to
locked
laws. No fangs. No wolf. Just me-wolfless, wea
lun
elled suddenly f
rock and thr
d of their laughter ec
own I knew it wasn't possible. I had already crossed the border and the sound would not
el
el
voice. But this seemed t
ne will come to save you."
n. I knew it
f. Pain seared white-hot. I screamed, fell, tasted dirt and
r crouched over m
waiting for the
me
ame then, l
hattered
d. It was deeper, old
us exploded from
shifter I'd ever seen, broader, more monstrous. Dark chains coiled aroun
roze for hal
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the
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n't le
-claws met air as massive jaws closed around his neck and ripped. A third tried to flee; the Beast caught
the ground in wet thuds. Limbs scatter
conds. There was
only by dripping blood
east
eyes loc
ldn't
d. Then another. Chains ratt
d me. Should have sent
ose deep red eyes, ancient, burn
rror... sl
rt still hammered, but not from panic. F
recede in slow waves, silver-streaked black hair falling for
. Full lips parted slightly. Eyes fading from crim
ow around wrists that were suddenl
oriously, com
men leading down to narrow hips and powerful thighs. Every in
ldn't get mysel
low, rough from dis
're
th. Nothing cam
whisper: "What.
ith those golden eyes. A faint, a
en," he murmured.
matted hair from my cheek with the back of o
ed. Everything
r to this strange, aching calm. The sight of him-f
blurred at
g, gentle, cradling me against a chest that
ss rus
heartbeat against my cheek-ste
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