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s Alpha Lyran turned his back on me, storm
use, sweat drenching my skin under my torn training leathers. Thirty brutal minutes of hand-to-hand with a WereF
throat burned with thirst, and my vision blurred slightly. Everything in me ach
. I have to live
rn. The one destined to u
g under the twin moons. Her lips, painted red as fresh kill, curled into somet
knew
nce before. But today, she
o
eko Pack - assassins cloaked in silence, t
hidden under the vented canopy by the
se
dripping with velvet rage. "This is not a gathering
ble, lit by flickering rune-lamps. Their
med a dagger onto the table, its
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robes. "Each arrow will carry paralysis venom. One hit to her vei
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spered in t
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burned silver like twin moons, and his body radiated powe
destiny. But you canno
- how? - and I was hyperaware of every sensation. His hand t
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ed. No reply.
as. No scent. No trail. No map. Just... nothing. The
muttered, spinning slowl
tch had flipped in my soul. A strange heat rush
e. I saw Karl. The archers. Al
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ossible! She was paralyzed-h
o survive," one of the
e. "Find her! I don't care w
e me-deep, ancient-was beyond what an
k me," I whisper
tration churned in my gut. I had no map. No direc
ugh a dense fog. My legs felt heavy. Like t
ded. Hanging fr
nd of the Dead. No
sank. "Oh
den
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s and furious-erupted from the shadows like demons. The
at myself, but I w
nto my chest, throwing me back. My body hit
ed. "Da
d forward, muscles ripplin
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ood f
itches and the Spirit Council. You are marked. Y
rees. The sky darkene
said. "No matter where you r
myself up
said, voice strong. "I wi
gainst you. The power you carry... it's too strong. You don't ev
hat scares m
e've been sent by the Spirit World. An
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s-thick, dark smoke. It hit my face inst
ghed. "What.
g weak punches through the fog. Nothing l
I gasped. "I
ained fast. My strength, my
ried out, broken. "Just let me
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