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pposed to follow me. I had told her to stay hidden, to w

gleaming with something sharp, so

utral. "You expect me to explain ev

gerous. "No, just the o

n. Ivy was smart, but she was young. If Kad

brow. "So yo

refused to take the

ard the trees. "At the

d inside me, but I couldn't let him

ng me for a moment before turning to

I forced myself to stand still, to ignore the way my

the warrior returned, leading a

burned with the same stubborn fire I'd seen in her since we were children. Sh

, voice sharp. "What

ce in every line of her

eckless. S

ed between us. "T

fted to him. "Y

Kade's eyes did

"You don't lo

from his chest. "Give

nimpressed with Kade's reputatio

l me, Raine. Shou

nd run. But we wouldn't make it far. Not with his warriors wat

t her go. She has not

ering. "That's where you're wrong. If she's your

ed through me, but I shoved

ed. "I'm

d. "Which means you

nger. "And you shouldn'

show. Ivy had always been my responsibility, but s

njoying the argument. "If she's

fened.

eyes glea

ssing the tension in my voic

rked. "F

ss. This was control. Kade wasn't letting her sta

fists. "What

ce swallowing the space between

ails, not yet. But he could smell the

ing between us. "

answer.

lethal. "You'll tell m

ne. He was right. I couldn't run.

ap

pulse thunder in my ears. Kade wasn't

t wouldn't help. Not with Shadowfang warriors watchin

t mine. "You're coming back

better. This wasn't protec

I took a slow breat

ade's jaw. "Then I d

ickened, electric. A

frowning. "You said w

in a smirk. "You

expectant. "That's

ad no

t my ribs, but I forced

fought him every step of the way. But Ivy changed everything. If I

I had n

deepened. "

ins, but I swallowed

d from his chest. "W

i

is warriors. "We

k horse stood beside me, its eyes dark and intellige

own horse with ease. "I alway

with wolves who would tear her

horse, gaze flick

rumming with tension. The moment we reached Shado

rough my thoughts. "

d. I should have told her everything w

reins. "Stay

wed, but she n

d tight, my mind racing. I had survived this long. I would survive this, too. But K