The Cursed Alpha's Assassin
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eyes stayed locked onto hers, sharp and knowing. He hadn't accused her outrig
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rom behind them
rks from where the creature's tendrils had tightened around him, nearly suffocat
his head as if to clear it. "That wasn'
ill, keeping her e
like an echo of something not fully gone. The Nyxfiend had vanished, but its pre
Not aggressive. Not yet. But tes
s," he said, his voi
, her heart hammeri
ded to choose he
, tilting her head slightly. "But
plete one. But a
e runes along its edge had dimmed, but their presence was unmistakable.
," he murmured. "Enchanted we
, folding her arms. "
aw the way his fingers twitched-like his wo
hiding s
"And you're too
between them. He
e fortress, a howl rang out
cts shifted from hunter to protector. Wh
. "Gather the warriors
feet. Astrid saw the way his eyes flickered between her and Kieran
eared down the hall, Ki
with
d. Not a
y his aura had sharpened, the weight of su
ting her anymore.
ould only make
he fo
steady, controlled. He didn't look at her, but Astrid knew h
led deeply. The scent of pine and damp earth filled her lungs. The storm from earli
finally
he t
at you know
ed a brow.
tensed. "Don'
sky. She needed to deflect, to push him ju
to do with that attack?" sh
stead, he studied her-deeply, thoro
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that she could feel the heat of his b
urmured, voice low, "
ning wa
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coiled, but she d
," she said, tilting her chin defi
pressed into
tel
old meeting steel. A
ully. Kieran wasn't like others. H
he could pr
echoed from
turned towa
, came sprinting ac
sped, his face pale.
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dy was
and hall. Warriors had gathered in a tense circle. At the center
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e unreadable. He traced a finger over th
attack," one of th
said softly
his... they knew exactly what they were
ran's gaze f
re was no doub
recognized t
unspoken words f
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