Chapter 13

Alaris

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Blood—the only thing which could have satiated my hunger. Or more precisely, it was Marcus who was going after the rogue's blood, wanting nothing more than to have a taste of it. His rage was only getting worse as seconds ticked by, his sanity about to snap. Within such a short span of time, he had grown fond of Sera. While she knew how to easily rile me up, her antics never got the best out of Marcus given he would have ripped another person into two by now if they were to tread the same deep waters as his beloved Sera.

Moreover, my beast made a promise to keep her protected at all costs. He wanted her out of harm's way and as far as possible from it. It was going to be later that he was going to worry about the presence of a rogue inside the pack borders. How was this one able to get this far inside without alerting the border patrol or tripping the security system? That was for another time for me to figure out. I needed to take care of this rogue first.

With that t