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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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but it was enough to sow panic

wolves were distracted by trying to restrain the fire,

were

storage sheds had been left untouched by the fire suspiciously so I went to the largest, its

damp, smelling of earth

back corner where a stack of old

covered in dust.

one open with a practiced hand

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of letters, tucked

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filtering through the cracks on the walls

handwriting on the

words, my eyes narrowing to

“Foolish boy,” I grumbled.

in my

came into it would tell, would seem not to have

or otherwise and I now had what I needed to stay

was smothered, and the

with Dane, her shoulders down but her voice soft as she soothed the

response,” she

were tested, and we came

werewolves nodded their heads toward her softer

response.

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to disperse, Aurora’s eyes caught mine, and half of me expected her to start walking toward me

her attention again to

once more, my

seen the way Aurora commanded her pack, the way they looked to her for guidance.

protect them, she would

it was too

I would make sure it

left of the murmuring crowd, the words soothing

investigate this fully,” she promised,

came about and

beside her, his hand on her shoulder, in

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