The eight Alphas came up the south road with their warriors and their silver and their seals.I stood in the pass with Barış's blood on my hands and the whole mountain behind me."The mark," I said. "They are coming for the mark on his heart.""They are coming for it." Cemal looked at the south road. "And if they take it, they take the bond. And if they take the bond, they take the line."I looked at him for a long moment."Then they do not take it," I said.I turned to the pass."Pack of Kırkkaya," I called. "The eight Alphas are coming up the south road. They are coming for the bond. And if they take it, the line dies tonight."The pass was quiet."Then we do not let them take it," a voice said.It was Deniz. She was standing at the front of the pack with her braid coming loose and a spear in her hand."We do not let them take it," she said again.And then the pass answered.The pack howled. The hunters lifted their lanterns. The rogues came out of the pines with their dogs and thei
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