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elt hollow-broken. My heart ached as if someone h

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far from welcomin

ave been grateful to

g doesn't always

eight of every gaze pressing down on me. My heart was racing-

eyes m

vi

composed... but cold. His icy stare pierced through me l

in power, watching me fall apart und

ng and sharp like thunder in a silent sky. His voic

sion has

m. His eyes swept across the gathered elders, lingering on each face with

he took a step forward, h

ever was coming next, it was

ce rang out, stea

the silence, "to ensure peace within the territor

th hitched. His next w

y the leader o

ncil chamber like waves. My h

h

the rog

ntinued, "to end the bloodshed,

Peace for the pack... a

e was handed over like a p

eet, trembling

burning in my chest, David rose t

"You have to marry him. The rogues have been attackin

mber, but it wasn't the council'

avid who r

ho once claimed

one to marry a rebel? A rogue? After everything that's ha

at the elders, at the sile

e always decid

peak again, a sharp voice

you were

as someone rose

with venom. "You should consider this a favor. If not for

owly, my fi

cou

n

elight. A smug smirk curled on her lips as she cross

herself. And now, with me public

ena," she sneered. "Too emotiona

age echoing in my mind. But I didn't mov

Anne?" I asked coldly. "To see me

irk de

hat all by

my voice shaking with fury. "Yo

me sickening, ugly laugh-the one

tering with malice. "Or act surprised. You were n

rward, my voice

regret

n slammed his hand on the table and sto

you will leave the pack tomorrow at dawn

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ot Elder Rowan, not

now that I sti

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