get insi
nts scattered in every direction. The emergency bell was
thing?" some
ee it? It
s phone pressed to his ear. His father's voice cr
after that thing. You can't kill it yourself.
woods beyond the campus. His wolf was already stirri
Here. At hi
ear me?" Andrew
said, but he was already
rious. Stay w
t. His father could be furious later. Right now, every
him stories about the hunts, about how dangerous and cunning th
wasn't ge
f form. His clothes tore away as he sprinted across the field and into
chased. It weaved through the trees with impossible grace, it
est floor. Branches whipped past him, but he barely f
n it va
the dirt. He lifted his head, scenting the air.
oke the
sound. It came from behind a m
ody low and ready. When he
were wrapped around herself, trying to cover her body. Leaves
n form, shock overriding everythi
r voice barely audible. "Pleas
g. The scent. The way his wo
tep back, his eyes widening.
d, tears streaming down her face. "I d
h the woods. Men sho
hunt
d," Noah muttered. "
nd disoriented, but he kept her moving. They ran deeper into the woods
ordered, slid
as tight, forcing them to press against each other. Noah could feel e
cooped up handfuls of mud from the bottom of the r
fore doing the same, rubbing the
spread mud across her neck. His fing
elt impossibly small. Noah's wolf purred
t good," h
hrough the trees above them, and the hunter
re somewhere!" Andrew Philli
to him, trembling. He could feel her heart
ly overhead. One of them
something.
a false trail. Minutes passed that felt like ho
anymore before moving. He climbed out of
," he said quie
is back. She hesitated, then wrapped her arms around his neck. Her bare skin pres
areas where students and hunters would be gathered. By the tim
st of the other students. He shifted back and
aid, pointing. "I'll fin
to the bathroom. Noah heard th
rt from his dresser, setting them on the bed. Then
r, but he ignored them. He needed time to thi
family had hunted to extinction. The
was hi
They were far too big on her, the sleeves hanging past her hands,
," she sai
, an announcement blared
ield immediately. This is mandatory. I
na looked a
question everyone,
pale. "What am I
a jacket and tossed it to her. "Put this on. An
g me?" Yuna asked,
rd. "Because if I don't, you're dead
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