The Alpha's Curse

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and the importance of the Sacrifice: to appease the Crimson Wo

the day, fearing that her pack may be next. As her father said, it was their oblig

ers of the elected pack wondering if the woman th

” shouted a boy excitedly while balancing on top of a rock. His hair was tousled from th

nd that can’t tell who’s who when the

he hides the bodies in his dungeon! Jared

n know that?!” yelled th

ached the group of children with a sketch book in hand. She sa

announced. “He knows everything big th

closer to the kids who gathered around her, bringing her voice

shocked. “Whoa… I ne

othin’, Tristian,” re

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I race ya instead? Last one to the

the gravel roads revealing three sets of small shoe p

flipped through the pages consisting of the same set of eyes, one black and one blue. Although she drew them in different st

year, the Crimson Wolf chose a pack who would select a candidate for the annual Sacrifice. From the time a pack is ch

g to statistics, they’d have another year before having to choos

ing to notice that she was

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ok. She looked up to see a small-framed brunette running towards her, with the fading sun highl

at your house, and when I got there, your mom, I mean, the Luna, said t

, relax. You found

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the rock beside Waverly, forcin

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hen they come back, they want to play and act like they didn’t just leave you behind. It’s not fa

her gaze. “Is t

nd her face turned as red as th

is handsome. Quite the

ked up on tracking so quickly, it’s really—” She stop

ou know when you’

only the sound of the wind and distant voices of othe

y answered, honestly. “

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ged, but di

. But from what I’ve heard, it takes a while to know the person is truly your mate. When it happens,

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inny silhouette jogged down the road. It carried an item in it

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silent when she realized how serious her n

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