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One of the olves howls coht return the cry, along with a few on the flanks and behind us But when those howls die away, there&039;s silence, which is ot used to the violent baying of these beasts Silence see noises behind us I cock my head and look back Tiuns raised but not firing They stop when they spot us and the ranks of olves beyond Prae looks confused She turns slowly in a circle, studying the ring of twisted creatures, then shuffles towards us Ti backwards, rifle still aimed Werewolves from the other side follow them as far as the top of the incline, then stop at a howl fro," Prae says, joining Meera and roup leader Even those which haven&039;t been modified are obedient There are other doer olves She&039;s excited by the discovery,her fear "I never would have believed it if I hadn&039;t seen it I doubt even Antoine knows about this His experiments succeeded far beyond his aims They&039;ve become a true pack" There are tears of happiness in her eyes

"What happens if we kill the leader?" I ask "Will the rest split?"

"Of course not," she snorts "One of the other dominant members would replace hihs "I wish I had tiroup leader-one of the largest olves, with dark grey hair-the pack starts to close around us A couple of the sed to the ground and beaten or killed by the dominant members The rest obediently hold the line

"We&039;ll hit those at the centre and try to squeeze through," Timas says He still hasn&039;t turned "Concentrated fire If we can a up her discarded weapon

"It&039;s hopeless," Prae un too

Tell theasp As they look at ly, I hold up a hand for silence and concentrate on my mysterious inner voice

If they fire now, there will be chaos and you&039;ll all die These beasts have becoainst theht them on their own terhs conte for you? Before I can answer, it says curtly, Unleash the wolf

"Which one?" I frown

The one inside you, fool!

"I don&039;t-"

We haven&039;t tiue I said you&039;d need to obeyin Unleash the wolf Give it free rein TrustI fear coreat efforts to keep it iht all around me I&039;m determined not to let those dark dreams become reality The Kah-Gash understands that It helped me push the olf down deep when I didn&039;t kno to do itme to release the beast now? Is this part of the Shadow&039;s plan? Will I play into the hands of the Demonata if I-

Last chance, the Kah-Gash warns as the olves creep to within six or seven ic and tear at all the barriers which I&039;ve put in place over the last year, ripping theuards which has protected me from my more beastly, bloodthirsty half The wolf at e it forward, it realises this is real and leaps to the surface, howling with delight

My tehtens,away fro upwards and outwards