Chapter 261

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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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enough to sow panic among the pack. The perfect kind of

wolves were distracted by trying to restrain the fire, and

steps were

been left untouched by the fire suspiciously

cool and damp, smelling of earth and wood, filling

where

covered in dust.

with a practiced hand and

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letters, tucked neatly

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filtering through the cracks on the walls allowed

rough handwriting

scanned over words, my eyes narrowing to fit

“Foolish boy,” I grumbled.

incriminating letters in my

anybody who came into it would tell, would seem not

and I now had what I needed to

I re–entered the village square, the fire was smothered, and the wolves, relieved, were

with Dane, her shoulders down but her

response,” she

were tested, and

werewolves nodded their heads toward her

response.

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mine, and half of me

her attention again to Dane as they

slipped into the darkness once more,

her for guidance. It was admirable, in a way.

protect them, she would never

until it was too

make sure it cut

voice cut through what was left of the murmuring crowd, the words soothing

this

find how it came

her, his hand on her shoulder, in a

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