Let Me Go Alpha, I Belong To Your Cousin

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th a glittering sheen. I slung my tiny, hurriedly packed backpack over one shoulder. I had gripped the strap so hard that

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a had made her presence known, and I was the ghost that floated

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office, and the wolves who used to look past me now didn't try to hide their sneers. To them, I was nothing. Less than nothing

decide

ng hope that I might reach shelter far away. Or a ch

and undergrowth, driven only by instinct and the tiniest hint of freedom. I liked the ch

istance. Not from my pack. It was

og

rees were older, and wilder, and the forest was thicker here. I was aware that there would be no rules once I entered rogue

n my womb. It wasn't a kick. Not

or you," I said, c

ventured int

Ash and blood. I knew I wasn't alone because of the ancient territory markings that clung

low voice. "We'll be

ing. I was on the verge of tiredness because I hadn't eate

ch snap, I scuttled

re body

nap. Close

y stone and my eyes darting amo

n a

is way. I ca

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ven one of

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ling me to change, I was unable to do it. I couldn't put the baby

scratched at my flesh. Legs hurting and lungs screaming, I ran down

u running, lit

espond. I

some wet leaves and fell hard. When my head

et

e cold air scorched my lungs. I'd

used my remaining strength to scramble over it and landed awkwardly on the

scape. A tiny brook shimmered in the moonlight at the bottom. I waded in without thinking, my legs g

the creek, making the minutes seem like hours. I knew bett

ng sticking to me and denying me valuable warmth. It seemed as if the forest

ard a sudden rustle to my left. I cautiously peered and noticed a figu

the tree and blend into the darkness. With a low growl rumb

out, little wolf. W

g tone. Muscles screaming from

into the darkness. After waiting and keeping track of

tone skittering across the fl

re!" a vo

turned into a blur, and the impediments in my way were only minor blips.

ed. My eyesight narrowed and my lungs burn

e of the clearing. A man. powerful jaw. Eye piercing.

e me, his face

voice, he added,

tranger as my strength failed me. Shadows

t before the nothingness cla