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The flash of my bright red hair must have caught Alaric's eye because I only make it a few steps before Alaric is chasing me. "CARA! STOP!" He grabs at my elbow, spinning me around.

The force of the motion was so great, I nearly crash to the ground. At the last second, a hand reaches out to catch me.

My body is still spinning, so the hand almost touches my breast, ends up supporting my stomach, trying to hold onto me.

I look up at my

my savior and see a stranger with dark red hair.

Alaric's face is terribly angry.

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"Who is this man?" The Alpha King demands, not tearing his eyes away from the stranger.

A shimmer forms around Alaric's features, subtle at first, then glowing more and more prominent. If it's even possible, he looks even more handsome now as the shimmer intensifies. His eyes began to turn red. Feould almost see his fangs.

That shimmer can incan only one thing....

The Alpha King is about to shift into wolf form. Chapter 16

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"Alpha King, sir, the Pack DarkWood Beta you asked me to invesgate, Cara Wilson? It appears she was lost as a child. That's when DarkWood found her bid made her one of their own." "Thank you again for looking into this, Walter," I say to my Beta One more thing... What year was Cara Wilson lost?"

The old man checks the notepad in his hand before responding She was three years of age, sb that's.... twenty-two years ago My Beta nods briefly before leaving. Twenty-two years ago.. that's the same year my sister Lilia got lot...

Something definitely doesn't feel right about this.

brother

dial Lila's phone number as quickly as my fingers would let me She won't like the idea of taking another test, but it's

me!" Lilia's voice is shrill and grating, "Good thing

you mean you don't need

I can actually count on. Richard's. been helping

Cara's Perspective

himself from shifting into wolf form right

red-headed stranger was starting to get that distinct shimmer of shifting. around his eyes,

been

is two wolves

and hear the stranger introduce himself to Alaric and me, "I'm Richard. Sorry we haven't met yet, I'm a new doctor here at the hospital and was just trying to find my way around. I didn't mean to interject into your private discussion." My nose tickles,

to find a Miss Cara Wilson and bring her for examination.. is that her?" Richard asks Alaric, pointing

face still looking on edge. "No, that's her. You can take her." The

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take a deep breath to compose myself and turn

he says with a big, brood smile. His hail is

hand. "Nice

in my stomach. It's not very strong, but it comes out of a and startles me. I try to continue my deep breaths, hoping

just a little discomfort." I say

what do you do around here?"

Beta.." I reply. Hopefully I won't be Alaric Beta for much

discomfort to be a good

it's not exactly nice or polite either. I'm giving him a confused

interesting? I

the Alpha King is protective of you, isn't he?" Richard asks, gesturing back towards the part of the hallway where the women both nearly shifted into wolf

suppose so," I said

odd, considering he's about to marry someone else?" Richard turns to me, his expression

Cara. So, why would a nice she-wolf like you want to interfere in someone else's marriage Why would you want to be an unwelcome gold digging interloper, aren't you better than that?" I'm completely stunned by the question. Who is this guy and how does he know about Alaric