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na, standing beside him as his equal-at least, that's what I had believed. I had led

had thro

harp eyes assessing Caleb sternly. Dara sat beside him, fli

ound, watching me as i

hey had started looki

tack. Or the day I refused to let any of us go hungry. Maybe it had bee

vival was

ring for war, and

had a

. "Disappear into the wilderness, let Killian take what he wants. None of th

in a smirk. "That do

aze. "Becaus

e them fully. "I

unstoppable. He thinks we're too scattered

ened. "I love pro

lliances." My fingers curled into fists. "But I know him. I know how he fights, how he thinks. He wants me

How can we make him think th

ake him think so. He doesn't know that you've betrayed him

death. Nice." Riven sa

ard Caleb. "What exactly do

ies, but some packs have pledged l

ned. We didn't

dagger into the air and catching it.

d. "And I know wh

brow. "You mean

rn packs. He'll come for the rogues too, eventually

ou are on a wanted list, with lots o

'll listen to us. And I won't

tween us, then Riven chuckled. "W

asn't enough. That without my titl

building so

to let it be

e days were sp

me up in a disguise while Caleb returned to Killian

ttered remnants of rogue packs, those who had be

hers challenged me, and I m

, they bega

ight, nearly twenty wolves

to the largest rock near the fire, look

id. "Some of you have been betrayed, cast out, left for dead."

ppled throug

id, "I am done letting others decide

proval, arms cross

hat no one is strong enough to stop him. That we will cower and hi

urned to growl

I said. "Stronger than he ever wa

around me, voices lifte

e begin training. We prepare. A

became d

looks like you've got

ard him, meet

on't see wh