an's
really
nd, the memory of what had happened on t
myself to belie
cealed his face, leaving me w
ides, he despised me. What reason could he possibl
" Furious at being interrupted, the arm-tattooed leader charged
't even rise f
le past him. In the next instant, he seized the leader's wrist with a re
rough the narrow alley as
rn into the Ashford family meant I understood
wolf was required to abi
ere forbidden from transforming, revealing our fangs, or
-and-a-half-foot brute with one effortless move, using n
nt the remaining thugs rush
cle and moved in front of me, placing
cular thugs one after another in mere seconds, until th
one of them with nothi
ension gripped my chest. My heartbeat thunder
that usually gave away a werewolf. Was it possible that he was simp
e helmet muffled his voice, its deep resonance still carri
elves up, helping one another to their feet before scrambling onto t
en only by the lingering haze of dust and th
gone, my heart was still
ood earlier and naturally ass
red, while the unmistakablteadily, then swallowed nervously and found
orry," he replied in a
teps, examining him
ring his left shoulder. A dark stain was spreading through the torn seam a
g the fight when he intercepted
.." I exclaim
tively reached for his shoulder, wanting to check the injury. "H
in my voice, because he
ves. With effortless familiarity, his long fin
He lifted off the helmet and tucked it beneath
e narrow space between the buildings, scatteri
with sweat, fell agains
uld never forget. I had seen it in my dreams more
icy blue eyes that seemed to have no end-all of them were unmis
that I couldn't
no mista
s Adr
was happening. The whole situation felt ridicu
rushed my pride without g
ng at his face on a billboard, clenching my jaw
d had nowhere else to turn, he showed up out of
I suppos
s, yet he had also put himself in harm's way t
, and the nervous flutter in my chest-came rushing back. They spread through me
ly upbringing kept me grounded. He had, after al
, and met his gaze head-on. Keeping my v
sual mocking smile, or casually brus
he always wore softened into the fainte
silence of the alley, sending a strange
ld detachment. There was something intense and unsettling in his e
fered me another helmet, holding my gaze as he spoke. "Why
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