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"Peri, weus, we must move more quickly" Sally’s words were laced with desperation and resolve

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Peri led them at a brisk pace as Sally’s words repeated ominously in her mind She had told them she had a plan, and she meant it, but she couldn’t tell them what it was She had told the, and at that time, she had believed it, but now she had a different plan Peri knew that Alina would not approve Her need to protect the women she no doubt now considered pack, herself included, would be too great to allow Peri to put the back theircame at a price Peri knew that all too well She pushed on, looking back behind her to see if everyone was keeping up Her only worry, and that alone bothered her because she never worried, was that Alina would figure out that she had been leading theh the Transylvania Alps and all the way to the Carpathian Mountains and they were actually very close to their destination, but she wasn’t quite ready She didn’t yet have the bargaining chip that she needed and so she had to keep their presence unknown and keep Alina and the others froht Alina’s eyes Uh oh, Peri thought to herself as she saw the light bulb in Alina’sto have to create a diversion One that would hopefully take Alina’s ured out Peri s that I specialize in chaos

Peri began to whisper under her breath, calling on the eleh the life in the forest It was harder than it should have been, but she knew that this was because of the evil that Mona had unleashed Dark clouds began to gather overhead and they were suddenly enveloped in the ht to show their way

"What the heck is going on?" Cynthia yelled over the wind that began to whip and whirl around them

Peri continued to chant so low that she could not be heard as she began to bring down rain Lightning crashed all around, and thunder shook the ground beneath theh Jacque’s rabbed onto it anyway

Peri called on the lighting again and sent it crashing down so close to the group that it briefly lit up the woods around them Each saw the fear written on the faces of their friends Peri continued to crash lighting around the their way as she yelled for the rain and tried to feel bad for scaring theood She ran until she found the large rocks that she had been looking for There was a large overhang that they could crowd under and wait out the supposed natural stor dance and the thunder boom The ladies shivered froether for waran to try to caler heeded her co continued, unabated The rain continued to pelt their makeshift shelter I swear if I think the orry oneto stab ht to herself, as she began to hunt for the ic that was now controlling her storm

Chapter 4

"You don’t realize the sacrifice you are willing to make until your child is in need of you You don’t realize that you are truly capable destroying the world around you, crushing anything that gets in your path, bringing your ene that your world revolves around is being ripped froets in ht not be able to protect them from my wrath?"

~ Dillon Jacobs

"I know it sounds crazy, Dillon, but it’s true" Wadim implored Jacque’s father, and the Alpha of the Denver pack He had called the American Alpha at the request of Skender, who, in Vasile’s and the other top wolves’ absence was carryingme that the Great Luna contacted you?" Dillon asked, incredulously