Nade’s pov

My beast growled inside me knowing that there was no way out with all of them surrounding me. My cars twitched as the sound of the heavy paws hit the earth beneath them.

The rustle of leaves and twigs snapping free closer and from my peripheral vision the shadow of them as they move through the trees move closer. They found me faster than I thought they would. Getting a head start on the council didn’t hel

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ed to a halt as their shadows move closer and closer until I

ad see the glow of their predatory eyes. No point

ing away

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or fighting them when I am not only outnumbered ba enough to fight any of the council members on my own since the wolfsbane is still in my system.

One by one they emerged out of the darkness of the trees, and I held my ground and didn’t bow. I am an alpha wolf, I have dignity.

Each of the wolves smeared off their power as they snarled and shook their fur. At the forefront is one of the wolves I recognize. The one who always visits my father.

Peter.

it had been at few months ago, his blue eyes icier than they had been too. “Xade,” his voice is firm, not as friendly as it had been when he came to visit

them, circled and

And though my beast didn’t like to be commanded. I do. Standing before him, I face him without a tilt

“I was protecting my-

why I could call her without giving away what she really meant to me. I didn’t want the council to meddle in our business. Not when

“My best friend.”

and I saw him glance around him at the other council members before setting his stone hard

me.

Peter a

coldness. If I had been any other

claws bit into my palms. I am

shaking in disappointment and disapproval.” You have endangered our kind by such reckless behavior.

looked away. “Like I said, I had no choice. It was either let him hurt her or

you’re attached to her,” his head tilt as he peered

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clouded your judgment to have risked exposing our

her!” I snapped, unable to keep the fury out of my voice this time. “If

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