A Pack Of Blood and Lies

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nts. When I'd asked the pack to allow me into their ranks, he and his father had fought in my fa

-male pack? What

ves couldn't switch packs. The only thing werewolves could do was either be a part of their own pack, or move away-far awa

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ning on it, bu

ane. Pity. I probably shouldn't ha

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days, but I've al

own de

long hair because, heck

seled face smoothed out

my head. I hugged my arms to my chest. "Want to take the conversation outsid

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overhanging porch that was almost as spacious as the livi

s and tucked me into his side. My e

my favorite girl ba

oftly. "Fav

nded,

darkened. "I imagined you'd have plenty of new favorite

staring at us right now, I'd put you in a hea

t you

e, still grinning. "Serious

ed from a tangle of sanded branches, I ducked out

d a year after you left

or a

rin

had put in after Jeb bought the inn. Dad had been a talented carpenter. He'd

running up the sharp ridges of the Flatirons. The view from the inn definitely beat

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g. Want

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you loved wh

ide my mind-"a long time ago. Bes

t balk, but rather rapidly, when she observed how effective I was, she changed her mind. If Evelyn caught wind of this trade, s

ll had gotten so acute I had to stay away from cleaning products. I stuck to laundry and

s almost joined together. "S

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un into Li

hy

a spot behind me, a vei

e met in this life

evil. I turned

lightning bolts were zipping out of hi

the side. "Did you

s turned into elec

on, and then Lucy exclaimed, "All pack members ar

ed away from the balustra

d catch me so

about to say something. In the en

ded from this pack, so their decisions would affect my life. I hadn't had a say in returnin