Alpha Nolan
And the pack inside depended on her.
Two children huddled behind her, wide-eyed. A rogue lunged, and with a sharp pivot, Natalia drove steel into his chest, twisting with a precision that told me this wasn’t her first fight. He collapsed at her feet, and she pulled the blade free with steady hands before shoving the kids behind the wall.
Another came for her flank. I moved to intercept, but she was faster.
She ducked under the rogue’s swipe and slit his throat clean.
And for one reckless moment, I stopped.
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