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e Hans
d the freezing night wind whipped desert sand straight into my
had sent to take me home. After the elders discovered the truth about the baby swap eigh
avy black SUV tore through the darknes
-exactly the mark of an official pickup vehicle. The driver fl
eaty odor of a low-ranking werewolf immediately hit my nose, making my stomach turn. In our world, ever
rough the rearview mirror. His eyes darte
than scheduled," he mu
e leather seat and cross
ed coldly. "Don'
ned white. He slammed his foot on the gas pedal, and the
pulsed with a dull ache. Looking out the window, I noticed we had bypassed the main highway l
gaze locking onto hi
't the ri
g followed," Hank stammered, fine beads of sweat seeping
senses had already picked up the foul, rotting stench of th
threw me forward toward the windshield, but I braced my boots ag
seatbelt, shoved his door open,
he yelled into the
ocking every exit. They were Rogues-packless, violent outcasts who liv
half-open car door with all my strength. The heavy metal door sw
arp fangs protruded from his gums in a partial shi
ng his clawed hands. "A tiny girl lik
UV calmly, the cold mo
?" I asked, m
raight at me with a deafening roar, his razor-s
dging his clumsy attack by a hair's bread
h-purity silver. In werewolf society, silver was never used at the dinner table because it was our only f
the Rogue's pupils shrank in pure terror. He tried
of trash like you have pure silver?" h
ithout an inner wolf, completely masking my true blo
With a flick of my wrist, my silver bl
his flesh. Smoke rose from the wound, and the Rogue let out an agonizing s
hout turning around, I dropped low and swept my le
g him down, and pressed the freezing edge of my silver blade right
boulder twenty feet away, stared at the bloody scene. His legs gave out com
stood up and walked slowly toward Hank, bloo
is hands and heels as I towered over him, his
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