nna

om, the kind used by soldiers. A rough wool blanket was draped over me. The searing pain

. His helmet was off, revealing dark hair, cut short and practical. In

gray eyes simply observing m

I asked. My

e Citadel," he answered, his vo

e subtle signs of exhaustion on his face. The faint sha

leather-wrapped obj

h the ties. Inside was a silver pin, tarnished with age. It was

A woman with a kind smile and eyes the same color as mine, pinn

border," Dennison said quietly. "She was given

the pack. Warriors, all of them, who had died defending

of the girl whose body I inhabited washed over me, a fresh wave of

spered, and the wo

al instincts took over. I saw past t

. The almost imperceptible pause in his breath when he

" I stated. It w

ropped over his features, but it was t

tle wound," he s

"No. It's new.

er wound was a death sentence for a werewolf. It festered, blocking

deep in your chest, near the pericardium. It's suppressing your healing factor and causing a slow, systemic infectio

now held a storm of shock and disbelief. He had hidden this

at?" he demanded, h

ze, holding it. "You saved my life out there

es. A wolfless Omega, a disgraced girl, claiming she co

dying. And

orn dress was barely holding together. I ripped a strip of cloth from the hem. Bit

ed up, dar

a distinctive five-petaled flower and serrated leaves. A plant that didn't exist in this world

t grows in cold, rocky soil, usually near waterfalls. It won'

e jolt, like static electricity, shot up my arm. He st

very movement. "Where are you go

lready on the door latch.

ed. "The square is cleared, Alpha Dennison. The body

ed on me. He held the bloody cloth out to

took it an

," Dennison stated, a mu

ry about your brother." I paused. "And tell Damien... the next time he wa

the dim room, the weight of