THE ALPHA'S HIDDEN DAUGHTER

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looking the forest. Wind howled past him,

scroll he found in the archive

was never started by rogues. That innocent

stomach

o make t

t

ootsteps crun

iding me," came

urn. "I've be

coldly. "You're paid to lead. And the p

d. "Is that all yo

e don't get to choose peace w

firmly. "Her people-what's left

e rogue

a pack. You w

retched be

is voice like ice. "You t

idn't

o protect our land, our p

id. "You did

with fury. "You're soun

em. But I'm not like you, either. And I

thought his fathe

arrick turned

words echoed

y. Loyalty keeps you alive

gue Territory,

ped around herself. Night had fallen, and wi

heard from

found her n

ouldn'

erself ove

was changing. And it scar

the shadows. "You're

"Do you ever get tired

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it faded quickly. "Do y

't kno

. "He wants peace. I think h

her, serious no

ked. "What

he really wants peace... maybe

head. "You want

inn said. "Or we'll al

rning – A S

here it all began-the place she

't sure

er ever

n she h

nch of boo

w, wearing a black cl

at him. "

had

re, both remembering t

d finally. "From your father.

s breat

tinued. "They didn't s

known for years. But no

lieve

eyes

t to fix this. I want peace

m. "What are you

ryth

nce

eath. "There's someth

owned.

rom my bloodline. Abou

," Kael said. "But i

l you... that was it. The Flame is waking. And if I don

d, his voice soft.

widened

u my mate," he said simply. "And

fang – A Dange

over of darkness. He slipped into the

. Something to

eapons, something caught his eye

pene

ood ra

ays. Wipe them out. Burn Wh

signed with G

stomach

ring for another mas

o one

l, tucked it into h

to warn

Ridge –

the herb garden whe

e. Then two

the border!" s

e

Kael was already there, panting,

he said,

croll. "Your pac

You think we're stupid en

alone," A

the scroll i

read

face we

lling th

the scroll, read

ipe us out," Aurora

them first,"

aid. "We do so

oked a

peace. Now's your c

t Night –

doned chapel deep in the woods. Ju

ad-on," Kael said. "He ha

t have truth,"

the altar. "If the Elders se

believe it's re

ard. "Then we give

l looke

Fla

"You can't c

enough to show them I'm not a th

s arms. "And if

in the eye. "The