"Howling Hearts: When Hunters Love the Beast"

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mpsite, soft and silver, quieting footsteps and blurring outlines. The forest fe

rty in the morning. "Trust exercises, partner games, and a ropes course for the brave. Let's

roup, mostly from Jace, who was

owed?" he muttered.

," Selene said dryly. "You'

added, sipping his coff

heart. "Betrayal

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and a few people's silent panic. The teachers seemed to be enjoying the psycholog

paired w

ene again, a fact they both

Vale

this time, the tension between them wa

activity-a classic trust fall station set up betwe

edge of one, arms cro

said. "I'm supposed to fall back

w grin. "I caught your heart alre

er head. "You've been spendin

he tu

she

t her-clean,

a heartbeat, they just stood there-arms wr

breath. "That was... sur

red. "Good. Becaus

ed to be

her alre

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Amara and Jace had a m

rumbled as they attempted to navigate a simple

"Yeah, and a

thm to them-like old friends who never q

ng turn and nearly stepping in a squirrel nest), they

ra Quinn," Jace said, n

re you, su

f silenc

o you ever feel like we're all walkin

time," sh

it sca

ed out at

not enough

r-then nodded, like he was filing

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s on the ropes course-a suspended bridge with s

ke a cat, grace

... l

fall," Selen

ropes with both hands. "But these planks

ine. Just trust

ther tr

-step, glancing o

u d

at her, hands ti

t you more than

missed her next step. Sh

ile I'm in the air," she said,

hed her. When he did, he was winded

de

ffered h

too

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and cast the world in rose gold, Valeria opened her

lded

but no one seemed out of place.

lded it

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thinks he is. And

. No si

trange, cry

it thre

he journal an

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e day's events. There was less laughter now, but it wasn't a bad

her head on A

tly against Elias'

flicking up every now and then to

re all

f them cou

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a sound echoed t

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leeping bag, heart th

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est was

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