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e's

out before I built a wall so high even the Moon Goddess herself couldn't see over it. The next m

ain not for a man who couldn't even look m

nd scrubbed the entire southern hallway of the

with a half eaten muffin. "Did the floor commi

ard about the Luna interviews." Of course she had. The whole pack knew by now. Clara

is perfect Luna. Someone with noble b

yebrow. "You're

act

, "You know you could just..

she added quickly. "Just... mayb

o

e thing.

ed. Looked at me like I was the only thing holding his worl

hosen and I was

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ual group was already sparring. The sun blazed hi

techniques while laughing a little too loudly at every dumb

d Rowan, one of th

ered. "She almost broke

g it." We squared of

think about how Ewans stood just beyond the field, speaking with the elder c

out how my wolf purred when

rong. But he was distrac

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I asked, hel

e never to challenge

ked. "

elt it. That shift in the a

me. I didn't loo

an

skin from twenty feet away and then he did some

pped f

brain could stop it but before he could do a

il

back toward

ed, but I didn

rned to Kara.

inked.

terrified. "I also like having bones that

something. Needed to feel anything other than this suffoc

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and groaned. "That's it. I'm retiring. Maybe I'll take up basket weavin

re in

oba

ly overhead. I counted

ll want him?"

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to because the a

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mate

r. The way he made my heart race even when I ha

one knew Luna selections would start the next morning. Some of the girls were already wearing d

own, serving trays and igno

felt i

t h

beneath

and the

ching me. Not Clara.

s unreadable. I held his g

e wanted to watch, let h

ltered out one by one until I was alo

relief until I hea

tst

, breath

an

orway, arms crosse

e by now," I said, forc

you." I kept wiping. "Som

ad

ips sent a shive

said. He st

you t

w. Hard to miss when you're prac

re an

rag into the bucket. "I'm

linc

o

grabbed my wrist and ever

us like lightning, cra

warm. Stron

He pulled

to let go

cause I didn'

ded against my ribs. I could smell him-smok

hispered. "Tel

nd slid to my waist. My fi

th

ped ou

N

hard. He stumbled

aking. "Don't touch me like that

ad

as in front of the pack? Fine. But don't play this game wit

n't und

ped. "Because all I see is a cowa

d, tension thick between us a

g. "Alpha! There's an i

tly. The Alpha mask slamm

he

ast. Strong. No

wait fo

ra

d mid-

aws hit the dirt, and I to

I didn't care. I needed the fight. I ne

nt hit

ro

older. Shar

ust as the figure ste

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ing...

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you know

didn't

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od ran

you talk

anished into thin air-leaving

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ans burst thr

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my f

e hell i

d it up

ed, voice trembling, "

contin