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Author: Deborah Myers
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Ashley

“Oh no,” I muttered, shutting my eyes and pressing myself to the wall as though that would magically make me disappear. I didn't intend for my gasp to have been so loud, but the surprise had gripped me so powerfully that it slipped out.

Bryce and Zane fell very quiet, obviously having heard me.

“You heard that too, didn't you?” Came Zane's voice.

“Fortunately, yes. You're not going insane,” was Bryce’s sarcastic reply. “I'll go check it out.”

The pounding in my chest intensified. This wasn't going to end well. I had barely settled into the Lycan territory and I was about to be discovered for stumbling upon something I clearly shouldn't have.

I heard the approaching footsteps and stewed in my silent agony for a few more moments, before finally stepping out of my cover with my hands raised.

Bryce was closer than I had anticipated, and so the moment I stepped into his view, his arm struck out like a tail of a scorpion, inches away from my face.

We both froze, staring at each ot
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