The Rise Of The Silver Wolf

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trembled, sore from running, t

kle, pulling me back through the mud.

it be

rson lying on the ground was someone else entirely. The face

ith a shaky voice. "Why a

nscious, hidden by roots and leaves. It wasn't un

and my instincts screamed fo

he said through gr

cked toward the trees behind me, expectin

tly. "Because not running meant

he didn't press, he didn't need to. His face was

hand tightly against

said, moving clos

kly turned into a pained expressio

to help him. My healer instincts, learned from ye

it?" As I reached for him, studyin

g next to him. "Silver-coated blades.

d nothing. He just watched me

th

lf st

ly in my mind. "Him," it

at couldn't be possible. I shut the voice

e, and something wild beneath the surface. It pulled at

to want him, but my body was trembl

ould

jured. His silence wasn't just caution, it was cont

slow the poison." I said, ripping

ping," he muttered, a

meone die alone

my hands worked steadily, trying

nt and just watched me. I c

eavy, and his head

d, and I quic

slipping under his arm. "There should

him through the forest, every step harder than

gainst the hillside, covered in moss and was for

d through the cold space. I removed

if he rested and

wound looked bad, but already, I could see signs of fast he

ifting to his chest, his shoulders wer

t," I said gent

d my wrist, making

wolf suddenly whispered again

voice rough. "For helpin

did it for you," I whispered. "I jus

nce between us grew deeper as

exploded

d hoarsely, like he was internall

me, I did. But I was

ean." I lied, my wolf gr

ers didn

whispere

ore I could say anything e

te, all the pain and fear we

as melting into something neither of us coul

nd in my hair, the other around my waist, like

is. At that moment, everything else, Caleb, betrayal, blood, t

He's

if I didn't. Like he was the brea

ething terrifyingly real. The mate bond snap

sleep, tangled in warmth and exhau

felt we were not hunt

*

de in the woods, a wolf

ire was dying. My body ached, and the col

s wound. But he wasn't there, h

check that

ice, a voice that was

, rushing straight tow

was slamming against my ribs, a

who, but the