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I DIDN’T DO IT!

RIA'S POV The cup of tea is still warm in my hand as I burst the door open. I had knocked, but she did not answer like she normally would."Luna Elara?" This is unlike her.I push the door open and step inside the dark room. The curtains are still closed. That is strange...she always leaves them open before she sleeps. The Luna loves to wake up to sunlight peeking into her room."Luna?" I call softly.My eyes gradually adjust to the darkness while at the same time, I set the tray on the small table by the window and hurry towards the bed.She lay there motionless. "Luna Elara." I called her again, louder this time but deep down, I already know what my eyes have refused to see. I kneel by her side and reach out for her hand. It feels so cold and stiff.My eyes widen in shock as I yank my hands back.I stand up and move backwards in disbelief while shaking my head. "N-n-n-no."My voice shakes and I almost choke.I lean over her and rest my forehead gently on hers then wait for her ch

RUN!

RIA'S POV "Come out." The prison guard commanded me.On the morning of the third day, the bolt of the prison door slides open.The execution ground is already full with people when they bring me out.My feet barely touch the ground under me as two warriors drag me out. The silver rope still burns my skin and makes me weak. I cannot even hear my wolf talk or feel her presence anymore.My lips are cracked, my throat is dry and sore that I can barely swallow my saliva.The crowd stands in a wide half-circle around the post at the center of the courtyard murmuring, while the execution post stands tall and erect with black stains on it. I know what those stains are.Suddenly, my legs stop working."Move." One of the warriors commands as he shoves me forward. I lose balance. My knees hit the dirt and I can't find the strength to stand. They grab me, pull me up, push me to the post, and force me down in front of it.I sit on the cold ground with my legs stretched out. I raise my face to see

NOT A THREAT

ZAC'S POVThe afternoon sun hangs high in the sky. Its heat spreads warmth through the thick line of trees as we move through the forest on patrol.I walk in front. My boots crunch lightly on the dry leaves shed on the ground while my eyes scan the woods. Rowan walks behind me, and the warriors spread out behind us.I stop walking. Rowan almost walked into my back. “Alpha?”I smell warm and fresh human blood."Hold." I raise my fist, and every man behind me freezes instantly.“Fan out.” I lower my voice. "Stay close." The warriors spread around me without uttering a word.I move towards the direction where the scent pulls me to until I push through a low curtain of branches and stop dead. I see a human lying on the ground. A female, naked and curled into herself like a fetus in the womb. Her long dark brown hair spreads around her on the ground, tangled with dirt and dried leaves. Her skin is pale from having lost much blood. A wound on her side still bleeds through her fingers even

FINISH WHAT I STARTED

RODERIC'S POVAlpha Roderic." Elder Caius speaks with care. "Please. Sit.”I stop pacing near the window. The courtyard is still in chaos outside. Everyone runs helter-skelter while some of the warriors have been sent to chase after her. They're back.Garrett walks in and looks at me. I can read failure on his face before he even opens his mouth to speak. One look in his eyes and I can tell that it was a failed mission.Damn.I turn away from him and face the room.The Council of Elders sit around the long tables in their tall chairs chairsThey are seven old men and two old women who believe that their age is the only thing that gives them authority over everything, including me.Elder Caius studied me in his usual calm way with his hands folded on the table. Elder Maris writes in her ledger. Her quill scratches against the parchment, as though what was happening outside is not important."I don't want to sit.""You've been pacing for twenty minutes." Caius replies."Then look away.

YOU ARE MY MATE

RIA'S POV Darkness enclose me. The kind that comes in the form of sleep but wants to drown you. I fight it.I push, reach up and claw my way out. In that instance, I feel firm and warm hands close around mine. It pulls me up and my eyes open. The first thing that hits me is the bright light from a window covered with white curtains.I squeeze my eyes shut and turn my face away to be sure that I am not dreaming. Breathe. I breathe.The air fills my lungs. At once I'm aware of my surroundings. This is strange. The room smells of pine and leather like the inside of a forest after rainfall.I open my eyes slowly as I stare up at the ceiling above me that is made of smooth stone. I turn my head to see a soft white blanket covering me to my chin. I'm lying on a real bed. A real one, with a mattress that supports my weight instead of the hard ground I used to sleep.I push myself up as pain shoots through my left side.Ah…Instinctively, my hand flies to my ribs to find a clean and tight

THE MESSAGE

ZAC'S POVThe knock comes before the sun is fully up.I am already awake and sitting at my desk when the door opens. Rowan walks in holding a sealed letter. He does not say good morning. He does not say anything at all. He just sets it on the table in front of me and steps back with his arms folded.I look at the wax seal. The Black Hallow crest. A wolf skull pressed into black wax.I already know what this is.I break it open and read.“Alpha Roderic Thorne of Black Hallow Pack hereby demands the immediate return of the fugitive omega Ria Vale who stands convicted of the murder of Luna Elara Crest. She is believed to be sheltered within White Fang territory. Failure to comply will be treated as a hostile act against Black Hallow and met with consequences accordingly.*I fold the letter and set it down."Send a reply," I say."What do you want it to say?" Rowan asks."Refused."He stares at me. "That is all you want to send? One word?""Yes."He pulls the chair out across from me and

WHAT SHE IS TO HIM

RIA'S POVI wake up and for a few seconds I do not know where I am.Then I remember and I press my eyes shut and breathe and the relief that comes is so strong it almost hurts. I am still here. I am still alive.I sit up slowly. The pain in my side pulls sharply and I press my hand over the bandage and wait for it to settle. Someone wrapped this while I was unconscious. Someone who knew what they were doing because it is clean and firm and the wound is not bleeding anymore.I look around the room. A stone ceiling. White curtains. A shelf of books on the far wall and a desk with papers stacked neatly on it. A pair of boots on the floor beside the chair across the room. The chair he was sitting in when I woke up that first time. He was all the way across the room when I opened my eyes. Not standing over me. Not too close.The room smells like pine and leather. It is his room. I know that without being told.Clean clothes sit folded at the foot of the bed and there is a cup of water on t

THE COUNCIL ROOM

ZAC'S POVThe Council chamber is lit with wall torches when I walk in and all nine elders are already seated. They arrived early. That means they have been talking before I got here and they have already decided what they want to say.I close the door behind me and take my seat at the head of the table. I look at the faces around the room. Some of them have the prepared expressions of people who have been waiting to say something specific and some of them just look tired and one of them, Elder Maris, is watching me in a way that is harder to read than the rest.Elder Caius sits directly across from me with his hands folded neatly on the table. He is the oldest of the nine and the most precise and when he opens his mouth you can always tell he planned every word before he said it."Alpha Zac," he begins. "We called this session because a formal demand letter was received from Black Hallow Pack today and we believe you are aware of its contents.""I am," I say."Then you know what is be

THE VISITOR

ZAC'S POVThe eastern gate is a ten minute walk from the council building and I make it in seven.The visitor is sitting on a low stone bench just inside the gate with a pack guard standing two feet away from her. She is young, maybe twenty, and travel-worn in the way that means she has been walking for more than a day. She is wrapped in a thin cloak that is not warm enough for the evening air and her hands are folded in her lap and she is sitting very still the way people sit when they are trying not to look afraid.I have seen that posture before. Two corridors away and recently.She stands when she sees me coming and her chin goes up slightly even though everything else in her body is bracing."Alpha Zac," she says."Sit down," I say. "You do not have to stand."She sits.I pull a second bench around to face her and sit across from her and look at her properly. Young face. Careful eyes. She meets my gaze and holds it and that tells me something."Your name," I say."Mina," she says

WHAT THEY CALL HER

RIA'S POVThe warrior assigned to me is named Colt and he is the quietest person I have ever been around.He knocks at my door in the morning and when I open it he is standing there with his arms at his sides and he just nods and waits for me to be ready. He does not introduce himself. He does not explain what we are doing. He is simply there and he is going to stay there and after a minute I decide that I prefer this to someone who talks too much.We walk the inner grounds for about an hour.It is the first time I have been outside since they brought me in and I feel it immediately. The air is cold and clean and I take a slow breath and let it fill my lungs and I think that this is the first time in days that I have breathed without something pressing down on my chest.White Fang is not what I expected. The buildings are stone and well-kept and there is space between them, wide paths and a courtyard with an actual well at the center of it. Pack members pass us as we walk. Most of th

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