HIE
ched me approach
d with power. The raw pressure of an Alp
he asked, his voic
trip of cloth from the hem of my own
energy rolling off him in waves, and held up the
ed his face. He wasn't used
hed me, his grey eyes narrow
from around the gash. My
s skin, a jolt, hot and sharp like
escaping my lips. It f
s pupils dilated, turning his grey eyes almost b
hoed, a possessive, primal
i
ress, the fear. I forced my trembling hands to finish the
, his gaze inte
gain. His voice was softer now
My mother's instructions were clear
y wrist. "I owe you. Tell me
one of those strange,
called his name. His Be
t was enough. I wrenched my arm free and m
eached the edge of the Orr Pack's territory. The sk
nside my room when t
there, his face
to the floor. "You dare sta
side as his boot con
threw herself over me, trying
kening thud and slid to the floor, a cough rattling i
, you encouraged this!" he sn
ing his leg. "Don't hurt her! It
en at my mother's still form, his face filled with
de. Her breathing was shall
't part o
dying.
rong it made me dizzy, washed ov
lack Forest, a Beta
tained piece of cloth. "We have a lead. The
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