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[The Returned] UNKNOWN I stood at the window, gazing off into the ravine on the western border of the McKinley Ranch. Just beyond that ravine of trees was the place I spent the last five years. I spent those five years hating the very people I spied on and without my beloved, only because I had to pretend to be one of them. No one could grasp the torment of wanting to slit their throats as they slept, or poison their meals and rid the world of their abhorrent existence. Today didn’t go exactly as planned. My mission was to fiddle with the cameras so the others could slip into Ambersky’s territory without detection. That part worked all too well, thanks to my role in installing them. The guys got in and immediately split up to execute their parts. Perhaps we underestimated those mutts. Everything was going according to plan at first, but one mistake had the men dropping their guard, which left themselves and the others unguarded. Unfortunately, we lost three good men, including the
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[Making Plans] ZAIDEN “Cassidy, what is the meaning of this? Why would you say something like that?” Queen Margaret reprimanded her daughter with a glance at her husband. “Suppose a guard had heard you!” Cassidy sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose in irritation. “You can drop the act, mother. Zaiden knows everything,” she remarked. “Young lady—” Nope, not happening. “Your Majesty, if I may,” I interjected, stepping further into the room. They weren’t about to talk around me like I wasn’t there. Nor would I allow them to reprimand their daughter when I forced the truth out of her. Well, not physically, still… semantics. “Let’s get something straight before I offer my help in this coup d'état. Princess Cassidy didn’t willingly expose your plans to kill my father. I forced it out of her when I caught her with a knife to my father’s throat. Rather than spending an eternity in the dungeons, punished on end, she chose the best option: to tell me why she wanted my father dead.” He
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[Unbelievable] SEBASTIAN “So, how will we do this? For one thing, we can’t just release him and expect him to lead us back to his people.” I leaned against my desk and folded my arms, my bulging biceps straining at the buttons of my shirt. “These people have been doing this for years if I remembered the stories my father shared with me as a boy. I am sure they had a plan if something like this happened. We have to be smart about this,” I said to Rory as we stood around in my office formulating the best plan for a greater outcome with what we were about to do. “You’re right. If we released him like that, he’s bound to suspect something. Who knows, he can even lead us into a trap,” added Rory. I exhaled a sigh, mumbling a few incoherent profanities under my breath. “Honestly, how did my ancestors deal with having so much to deal with at once? It’s like the moment you have one complication under control, another problem shows up, and you need to figure out how to address that one, to
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[Strange Happening] SEBASTIAN Atticus’ paws skidded to a halt outside the hospital. A petite nurse with short wavy locs, dressed in scrub shorts and a shirt, hurried over to me with a change of clothes in her hand. She must be the nurse Dr. Howard sent. As I approached, she descended the stairs and placed the clothes in my mouth with a kind smile. I nodded and dashed off to find some privacy to change. The shorts were a little short for my liking, showing off my muscled thighs, as the shirt was too tight. Who was I to complain, though? I kept tugging on the shirt to make it cover more than my belly button. After the third time and the hem rolled up again, I just ignored the stupid thing and made my way toward the front desk. The pack hospital was like your typical general hospital, just short of a few departments more suitable for humans. We still have departments for urgent care, maternity ward, children's ward, and much more. When my ancestors built this place—according to my f
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[Goodbyes] OWEN “Are you excited about being home?” Amanda muttered, glancing over her right shoulder. Her long, dark auburn hair whirled out, split by the wind, and streaming over her shoulders, whereas her khaki coat flapped in all directions behind her, protecting her from the blistering breeze that came out of nowhere. With slow, deliberate steps, I drew closer to her. My thoughts and emotions were still playing catch up, unable to believe that after five long years apart, we were finally together again. Nothing had made me happier since I left her to join the Ambersky pack. When Blair’s father, Tyrone, asked for a volunteer to join the Ambersky pack, and I said yes, it was not my best decision. I would admit that. But with Amanda going to school and her father being such a nag about me being a distraction, I figured, why not? What I didn’t know was that it would take five years. Five years of pining for her touch, her love, and her smile. I tucked a few stray hairs behind he
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[The First Shift] SIERRA “Okay, you’ve twisted my arm,” I said. “Although I don’t think I’m a fan of having my bones break and rearrange. I remember when I was five, I fell from a tree in our backyard and sprained my ankle. My mother rushed me to the hospital. The doctor told her it was only a sprain, but I remember the pain as if I’d broken my foot. It was the most excruciating pain.” “I wish I could tell you this won’t be worse, Sierra. When we shift into our wolves, our bodies change to accommodate the shift. You’re human, so I expect it will hurt even more for you,” Sasha informed me. How in the hell could she keep a straight face and tell me something like that? “I will regret this—” “Think of it this way,” she interrupted me with a kind smile, taking my hand in hers. “Doing this will save your mate and your pack.” We stayed silent for a while, and I welcomed the solitude to think about this. Although Sasha was right, doing this could help me save Sebastian and our pack. I
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[A Strange Place] SIERRA “What in the world?” My gaze surveyed the room—which I easily ascertained was a nursery—astounded by the luxurious furnishings. This room was twice the size of what I had in the packhouse. Heck, it was even bigger than Sebastian’s. If memory serves, none of the rooms in the packhouse were as Victorian or primordial, and that easily meant one thing: I wasn’t on pack lands. Being in a confused state, I cautiously approached the window, expecting to find any recognizable landmarks to tell me where I was. To my great disappointment, I only saw a dismal blackness blanketing the landscape and confusing me further. “Sybil, are you there?” Perhaps she might explain why and how we journeyed back in time. Sasha suggested I should imagine myself at home with Sebastian, which I did. So, how did I get here? I waited for Sybil to respond, but she never did. I stumbled away from the window, fear rippling through me like a sudden chill. A queasy feeling started in my sto
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[Answers, Not Excuses I] SEBASTIAN “Dammit!” I grunted, banging my fists on the table. It shuddered under the blow. One hour of sifting through these dusty ass files, folder after folder, and I was no closer to finding the information I sought about Owen. I searched every folder with the initials O and B. Yet I found nothing. How was that possible? It was as if he had never been a member of this pack. How could that be? How could a guy have lived, worked, and socialized in my pack for five years, and there be no documentation on him? What was I missing? Five folders of files on pack members and his weren’t among them. I at least expected to find his medical records, considering he had to undergo a series of tests, including a full medical checkup, a mental evaluation, and a physical inspection. This was where my aggravation had gotten worse. Two days ago, I called Dr. Howard and asked for a copy of Owen’s records that he should have on file. Do you know what he told me, and I quo
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