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X

1979

The year the Psy race became Silent

Became cold, without emotion, without mercy

Hearts were broken, families torn apart

But far more were saved

From insanity

From murder

From viciousness such as unseen in the world today

For the X-Psy, Silence was a gift beyond price, a gift that allowed at least some of their number to survive childhood, have a life Yet over a hundred years after the icy wave of the Silence Protocol washed away violence and despair,weapons Silence is their safety switch Without it

There are sohtmares the world will never be ready to face

Chapter 1

HAWKE FOLDED HIS arainst the solid bulk of his desk, eyes on the two young fes slightly spread in the “resting” stance, Sienna and Maria looked like the SnowDancer soldiers they were—except for the fact that their hair straggled in a wild mess around their faces, matted with mud, crushed leaves, and other forest debris Then there was the torn clothing and the sharp, acrid scent of blood

His wolf bared its teeth

“Let ht,” he said in a cal pale under skin that was a warm, smooth brohere it wasn’t bruised and bloody “Instead of staying on watch and protecting the pack’s defensive border, you two decided to have your own personal dominance battle”

Sienna, of course,no ould’ve done in the circumstances “It w—”

“Be quiet,” he snapped “If you open yourboth of you in the pen with the two-year-olds”

Those around of vivid black—went a pure ebony, which he knew full well indicated fury, but she clenched her jaw Maria, on the other hand, had gone even paler Good

“Maria,” he said, focusing on the petite changeling whose size belied her skill and strength in both human and wolf form “How old are you?”

Maria sed “Twenty”