THE ALPHA'S HIDDEN DAUGHTER

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defied the Council and broken every treaty. Garrick, K

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en everything he believed about his

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" she muttered, her

" the young

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nd was still back at the Sil

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n't go back.

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own on the oak table.

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raitor. That he attacked the Council. But there ar

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girl I met... dur

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m fell

away from her. Whatever lies

aze. "You can't protect

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s deep in her pockets. The wind whispered throu

ths with her mother. Back

dn't know w

en she told him the truth. Like he h

believe him. That he

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didn't

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kno

hink you can keep running. But bonds do

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lowly. "Then

er – A Surpris

when he returned to the forest whe

found a

a branch. A faint scent

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he s

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helping a young rogue girl up from th

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the clearing. "I n

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ened, Aurora. But I ca

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me, she saw it-he wa

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rick ha

urora's C

gue camp was quiet tonight. For once, th

again," she

n't say

er. He... he looked at me

're

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don

down. "I'm s

hi

t it means

get to choose your path, Aurora. Just d

deep inside, t

the only wolf who

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