Claimed by the RUTHLESS ALPHA

nce was

f a sleeping village. No. This was the kind that clung to the skin.

n the middle of the nig

ing wa

added barefoot to the window. Her fingers trembled slightl

were no lo

wat

eyes in the dark,

reached

Pine.

dangerous. Something that made he

ph

omach

o. No

r the wooden stool. Leo stirred in the next roo

dn't a

coul

building now. Fast. Sharp. Her sup

oo hot. Her bre

d was c

t was

-

the Bor

his mount, the scent fi

eg

Unlike anything he'd ever smelled-pure, wild, untouched. I

... this territory belongs to the Southern Claw

lips

et them

ation behind him. Their armor gleamed dully in the moonlight, l

't here

here

-

End – Mom

't have m

gings inside-her herbs, the last dose of suppressant, a knife, the silver chain that

come with

for him once

ael wa

heart thudding, blood singing-her w

h recog

-

a

t the edge o

uiet. Lamps snuff

knew he w

erested in villag

se twi

esher than the rest. Fe

motioned for his m

er back mysel

rowned.

blazed. "S

ished into

-

n the

s and low branches. The full moon painted the forest si

wasn't

still

now, faster, his presence

lling to a stop beside a stream. Blood

he was

across

ph

black leather. Gold eye

Vor

on his face s

xactly wh

id calmly, voice

an, her voice breaking.

g into the stream, boots splash

backward, han

come

es narrowing

k that'll

figh

over his mouth

oo

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