phin
oed through the Mind-Link, the a
orner of his right eye started to twitch, and his spine, which he held so str
was no longer about love; it was about power, possession, and the perfect excuse. He didn't have to face me or the fin
d, and he tore off into the deeper woods, not to hunt, but to race back to
my lips curling
es and let my
me a sense of smell far sup
ine needles and dam
ke stench of the twe
nd urged my warhorse
he massive, panther-like creature was crouched on
n perfe
ed one too, and a bigger one at that. He couldn't let me get the final kill. It was his only way to save face. He cras
lver-enchanted bow, p
d, his voice cracking with de
title! That Omega is making a mockery of me-if I ret
beast, pulling the bowstring
sked, my voice deadly quiet. "What
p in his eyes, but his
y," he ch
n't lower
e did the
iam drew a Silver Arrow from his q
med a
bowstring, a sickening thw
linding, exploded
t through my leather armor and b
just cut a were
cted directly into my veins. The poison
ping my bow. My
cky ground. I felt the sickening crunch of my rib
om of the ravine,
of excruciating p
slope. He looked down at me, h
t," he whisper
is bones cracked and snapped sick
ed, leaping toward the Shadow Beast to claim
vanished. The moon had waxed and waned overhead while I lay broken in th
my White Wolf's terrifying healing factor finally k
shaft of the arrow from my leg, and li
y doors of the Pack House,
was decorated in red r
val, and when no body was found, they simply declared me dead and moved on. They were so ea
ing a glass of wine, her fa
from her fingers and shattering on the floor. "Liam told us you were ambushed b
cold of her lie see
trying to stitch a new memory over the truth. But I caught the flicker of guilt
utterly untroubled by my return from the dead. "Liam bravely fought off the Rogues to bring bac
ed pas
was Elara. She was wearing my
as said righteously, seeing my gaz
a dark velvet tailcoat. He reached out a
ttle to hide the terror in his eyes at seeing me alive. "I forgive you for run
his hand h
false, cloying mixture of cold sweat and cheap musk-assailed my nostrils, and a wave of bile rose in my throat. I wrenc
hall. "I am leaving this pathetic excuse for a Pack." And I meant
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