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had never f

a warning. I kept glancing over my shoulder, my instincts screaming at me that

seemed tense. The moonlight made his hair glow silver, he didn't sp

us both. But that wasn't an option anymore

ked of

fferent. Anyone with a nose would notice

behind us now, silent as a shadow. His presence

we left, just that we n

ng about what he'd muttered

t just Luca, you too, Rafe, he

who because,

id, his voice wa

tilted my head, listening. There was a second h

il," Zayne whispered, "And

any?"

leb... he's smart, he woul

my breath. "W

ountered, "We

him. "Why shoul

't die like everyone thought. I was captured and the only

flicked

him, my wolf bristling

ater, because right now,

he air, close enough

d fou

d, grabbing Luc

abbed at our feet, and the forest became a blur of shad

he hit the ground. His eyes were

opped m

they wer

ow, not unless..

?" he whispered, voice

ulling him upright.

aring, moonlight dre

s the trees, and sud

le

ck as pitch, his eyes locked on Luca

g, bones snapping, landing bet

lun

hs snapping. Pain bloomed down my side, but I held fi

g into one of Caleb's flanking wolve

ut of here!

and shaking. "Run, don't stop, he

ice breaking. "I

t of the underbrush, ch

hen it h

ar, but in fury and the

ing. Then he yelped, his spine arching unnaturally,

ce, a

at his hands

did

, my own fear

dows bending, trees shivering. Whatever he'd unleas

iding his claws. He was laughing n

ng back mid-fight. "He's not just an Omega, yo

growled, fur bristling. "

sneered, "You think you can protect him w

d only for

d my shou

wolf to push through. One last sh

to see if he

idn't stop. I followed Luca's scent, wild and br

I saw

taring into the trees like he was

n I fel

r, power, cold, an

worse. Figures emerged from the tree

gu

se were marked, ritual-bur

t come for

come fo

f them spoke first, his voic

he said. "The

eyes darting t

ed towa

silver-tipped, soaked in wolfsban

ed and

amed h

to the river's

gues lifting his limp body over his sh

they we