Bound by the Sage moon

t Hollow. Lyra pulled her worn cloak tighter around her shoulders, her fingers trembling-not from the cold, but from the strange heaviness pressin

ike the world is h

t more than anything. But she had no choice tonight. Her uncle, drunk as usual, had sent her out to deliver

s called. No night creatures stirred. Just the whisper of the wind through the tre

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n nights like this. Not when the

bloodthirsty Alpha, Kael Black. A beast of a man who was said to be more wolf than human, wit

w that if she valued her life, she would keep to the s

onight something

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ze carrying the scents of the forest to hi

flaring as that other s

Sweet.

ars. His wolf stirred beneath his skin, cla

ice from behind hi

as he scanned the forest below. There. A figure moved a

scent was wrong. No ordin

is chest. He took a step forward, instincts

Kael ordered,

ridge, silent as a shadow

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ssly before her, and with every step, the sense of being watche

e whispered, trying

es on her. Felt the weight of

u

r, her cloak streaming behind her as she dashed down the trail. Branches clawed at h

hind her, a

d off the path, plungin

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the distance between them. His wolf was close t

thought, even as he a

slip of a girl had felt his presen

rain, storm-washed earth, and so

f-b

t wasn't possible. He would have known if there was another of th

It thrummed in his blood, echo

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nding against her ribs like a caged thing. She spun, searchin

it s

stepped fr

es like liquid gold glowing in the moonlight. Scars marked hi

unable to

mall, she was. Fragile. But her eyes-silver in the m

His voice was

ound came. Her throat was dry,

She flinched, but didn't

ed, softer now, though the

llowed hard. "I'm no on

laughed. Too late f

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een them undeniable. Kael could feel it, deep in his bone

ment, neither

l that cost him dear

he said. "Before

to say it again. She turned and ran, her heart thun

into the trees, his fist

er," he mutter

risen. And with it

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