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ALINA

“Pity”

There was something that I liked about Aurora that didn’t waste words on formalities when they might get in the way.

I was on my way to disturb her again the next day she was already in sight when I suddenly heard a sound.

Aurora’s head snapped toward the sound, her body moving instinctively before her mind could catch up.

“What’s happening?” she asked, already stepping away.

I followed, my pulse quickening as a faint orange glow lit up the

horizon.

The flicker of flames danced against the sky, and my mind raced

to make sense of it.

This wasn’t part of any plan. The devised chaos like this only worked when it was controlled.

I soon arrived at the village center, where wolves were by now struggling to put out the fire.

A big sack of hay near one of the store sheds had gone up in

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flame, lashing hungrily with their tongues of fire against the wooden structure.

“Get water!” Dane yelled above the noise of uproar, and his commanding appearance snapped the wolves into action.

In an instant, Aurora was at his side, her voice piercing the noise, sharp with instructions.

“Form a line from the well! Move, move!”

I hung to the edge of the chaos, watching the scene unfold.

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to sow panic among the pack. The perfect

by trying to restrain the fire, and I

were

suspiciously so I went to the largest,

damp, smelling of earth and wood, filling

the back corner where

covered in dust.

saw one open with a practiced hand and found a

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of letters,

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cracks on the

trace the rough handwriting

scanned over words, my eyes narrowing to fit together fragments of thoughts of

“Foolish boy,” I grumbled.

in my pocket,

place, as far as anybody who came into it would tell, would seem not to have been tampered

and I now

the fire was smothered, and the wolves,

stood with Dane, her shoulders down but her voice soft as

in our response,” she

were tested, and we came through

werewolves nodded their heads toward her

response.

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eyes caught mine, and half of me expected her to start

again

darkness once more,

her for guidance. It

to protect them, she would

until it

I would make sure

of the murmuring crowd, the words

this fully,” she

we’ll find how it came about and make

was standing beside her, his hand on

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