a p

oil beneath me was sticky with mud. Rain had poured relentlessly, leaving me drenc

me. The lack of pursuit should've been comforting, but it wasn't. A gnawing guilt clawed at me as I thought o

ts moment of need was unforgivable. Even if I wanted to re

t wrong. As an Omega, I wasn't made to fight or survive like others. Sure, we healed quickly, but that wasn't much h

I shook my head, trying to banish the creeping dread. My thoughts drifted to the strange, half-man, hal

nt pull I felt from him ever since. It was as if some invisi

he old tales of cursed wolves, trapped between tran

throat as I scanned the woods. Something. or someone was near. Panic flared, and

deliberate and calculated. They weren't rushing to c

ugh a thicket, thorns tearing at my skin. Ahead, a clearing came

e had to live there. S

blurred, my body on the verge of collapse. I could feel the wolves closi

head lolled to the side, and through the haze, I saw the rogues emerge from the

or opening was the last thing I h

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range and unreal. My body ached, and my

rned my head to see an older woman sitting nearby,

erience. Everything was looking muffled t

d anything?" the old

ues passed through my nos

sat up so forcefully that the

e held he

celerating as the memory of being chased

pha Black finally caught me." Horror gripped me at the thought th

ah, but you may call me Debby." She reached out,

thing I remembered was the rogues surrounding me. Wha

"The rogues will never hurt you again. M

ord sent a chil

further, a deep voice re

my territ

roz

voice answered. I snapped my ne

Debby bowed low t

ays ago. Only now, in human form, he was even more terrifyingly bea

k you for your service,"

d obediently, leaving us

my hair. He stood at least 6'8" with a well chiseled face and piercing brown eyes. He was. the same wolf-man who saved me from the

save me?" I ma

e, and my wolf stirred, agitated at the sight of him. His presence was overwhelmingly intoxicating, as if eve

me with a burning gaze, like someone trying to solve a puzzl

darting around for an escape route. But even if there were ten

hed the end of the room. He towe

rdered, his voice l

within me. I lowered my gaze, baring my neck in

, a sound that sent shiver

ngers traced my face, leaving a strange sense of comfort in their wake. A shiver ran down my sp

in a way I didn't understand. My wolf whimpered with need urging me to go closer, to feel more of his wa

ing my skin, I gasped. The sensation was electric, every nerve

nd resonant like the devil's, echoed in my m

s, his lips brushed against my nec

but beneath it was something else

my vision, and the world f