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clenched by her sides, sweat beaded on her brow and her chest heaved, e

h, Marcel and Fed ... her ex-childhood friends

unded, to be cornered like a prey i

uys and tied to a tree. Forced to watch on as they made out with

ing howls when they shifted, circling her like a wounded deer. The scars

rt of forbearance even when

FELT different. The howling of wolves at

fort, stirring the loose strands of her dark hair, and sh

nted you, she would have claimed you. You're def

. Cause why not?

then at Fed, her eyes pleading for

turn and rip the throats of these hunters and that her

he social ladder, she might as well be invisible. She was everyt

s crunched against dry leaves and earth, each step a coun

"Please. I was just wa

s voice dripping with mockery. "Di

uck her. The words cut deepe

eld warmth. He'd been her first crush. Her first heartbreak. The boy who'd held

whispered, her voice

He stepped forward, and she saw the glint of claws extending from his fingertips. "A sta

th hot against her ear. "You know what I think? I think we sho

't run. Look at her. She'

it'll b

n't run. Her legs were already shaking, her lungs alread

, and his words sealed

her legs moving before h

ngs burned, each breath a ragged sob that tore through her chest. Her feet slip

nt and mocking. They were playing with her.

but her body wouldn't obey. Her legs wer

hrough the trees, distorted by his shift. "Stop

ot that came out of nowhere, and she went down hard, her face slamming into the

wolves emerged from the darkness, their eyes gleaming with savage hunger. S

ng into herself. "Please, I'

rom Elijah, his claws

ough her flesh, her muscles, her very bones. She felt the skin spli

, his teeth sinking

his jaw. The scream that tore from her throat was prima

ved, his voice a low rumble. "Maybe we

en it w

k, then white again. She felt her ribs crack. Felt claws rake down her si

ought a strange sense of peace. Finally. It's finally

she heard it, a presen

MI

through every cell of her body, reverberat

es froze

idn't finish as the ground suddenly

hing far worse-a pressure so immense that she thought her skull would shatter.

en it e

g from her throat that wasn't entirely human. Th

. MINE

from across the distance, whose soul had reached ou

he cold, calculating hatred he held for th

t directed at her. They were for them. For Elijah,

s wild with confusion. "What's

t off by a howl-not from their pack, but from so

her body beg

rough her veins wasn't her own-it was his. The bond that had for

a towering stone building, torches flickering in the dark, a man's face-sharp

you?" she

First, yo

n't. They're go

try. And the

gain, but something had c

ordered. "Now. Befor

suddenly she was lashing out, claws she'd never possessed raking across Fed's snout. He

hanged. Her hands were elongated, tipped with claws that gleamed in the moonli

ill there, still bleeding, but

Elijah snarled

aya was

ked leaves, and came up swinging. Her claws caught his fla

, staggering. "What

streaming down her face. "I don't know wha

her again, all three of them, and A

wave that sent all three wolves flying. They crashed agains

r body trembling, her chest heaving, blood pou

She could feel his heartbeat, his breath and the cold fury that s

nd make sense of what was hap