oe
roat, a sound that seemed to make t
ving faster than hum
, and before he could react, I drove
doubling ov
arled, my voice layered wit
k, wiping a drop of
d glowing red
ur visits to the infirmary! What secret are you keeping,
surd, so deeply insu
grating sound, de
, tears of pure ra
hands of the Rogues. "They held me captive for weeks, Hunter," I said, my voice dropping
arrogant anger dra
ed, stepping closer to him. "I sent you over a thousand SOS
o release a weak, comfort
glowing whit
o me. You knew your letter was the cause. You are as cu
bbed the heavy wolf-tooth neckl
yank, I broke t
, letting it smack direct
th, and let the ancient words
ect you, Hunte
my lips, a horrifying pa
saw was being dragged down the len
eached of all support; my calves spasmed uncontrollably, and the full weight
clutching his own chest
ive, fragile ego, t
teeth, he forc
er, accept yo
snapped c
silence fi
, the doors to the e
lked out, his face
ed to the Moon," the H
mother w
cream. I d
shaking legs
nd Hazel as if they we
pounding on my door and the hundreds of missed calls from Hunter. I packed my ancient rune books and arranged a swift, silent Moon
ibrated in
as H
g his panicked breath
e, pl
terrupted, my own throat admitting no tremor, the dry cords of
pped t
r," I said smoothly. "And the
led the communication chip out of the p
astic pieces o
a Hunter with negligent homicide. The evidence was simple: the crystal recording of his ceremony, timestamped to the moment my gr
rocess it. But when they did, Hunt
and I left my old li
them. The runes. The evidence. And the
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