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ment of stunned silence, then an
an in a ridiculous feathered hat sneere
rple. "Guards!" she shrieked
my size, stepped forward. They
en grant th
ers. It was like they had run full-tilt into a stone wall. Both men grunted in pain and surprise, stumbling
replaced by uneasy murmu
of massive granite statues flanking the entrance-two snarling wolves, car
ly towards th
oing now?" som
hat?" Another voice, a nervous
und its solid base. Anya watched, breath hit
cles in my arms and back tightened, a subtl
asp swept thro
inch, the giant granite wo
sound of stone grinding against stone. The cane slipped from Martha's nu
than me, a monstrous weight that I h
e the gate. The gate of reinforced steel
cutting through the stunned s
from the very depths of my soul,
O
e ground. The steel gate screamed, buckling inward,
top. I swu
AS
king in protest. Cracks spiderwe over my head and brought it dow
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estate collapsed inward, torn from its moorings. It fell wi
ay wa
nded with a heavy thud that made the ground tre
t a backward glance, stepped over
the courtyard, trying to look composed, t
e strained. "He... is unable to attend the
d humiliation. It
low, mocking smile sp
th false sympathy. "Is your Alpha'
ned beet red. H
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