in tore thro
ed into my throat, and
pt pouring from the wound, yet I barely seemed to fee
d the hilt and slowly pulled
my eyes and I nearly lost my footing,
watched the sce
race of reluctance flashed through them. "Audra, I'm giving you one last chance. If you kill thi
g stopped f
e to kill m
I shot back throu
is voice turned even colder. "From this day on, you
my heart had been
h a soft laugh and pressed the blood
me, her voice gentle. "As long as you kill this child yours
ntly, and the hand holding the d
s eyes seemed to lessen, as if everything could
raised t
Elara's fac
e silver blade slas
splatt
a shrill, ag
er arm, and blood instantl
t hoarsely, "No one is going
changed at o
e, his eyes full of
ves rushed forw
voice colder than ice. "Since you insist on protecting
tep, my heart pounded violently in my che
ddenly tore thr
r-white light suddenly
e in shock, and even
roke out. "What w
the White
he truth? Is she r
t she not h
head and look
or a moment, but I knew it h
seal placed on me all those years ago se
my wrist, and for the first time,
now? Are you from th
d not
then tightened around
eran. "Kieran, you actually believed her? How could someo
again at an unhurried pace. "Some mongrel wolves ar
e in Kieran's eyes died
e mongrel wolf, and that's how you
ons, my nails dug deep into my palms,
-mocking laugh. "I was a fool.
s mood. A flicker of panic crossed her ey
e collar, rose onto her toes, and
when his eyes landed on me, whatever hesitat
ripped the back of Elara's head,
ony and emotional devastati
my eyes
hat the Kieran I had on
ain, there was nothing l
gly sever the mat
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