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"Hear reat wolves, children of the Great Luna, I’m here to help Remember our history, remember who I am; Perizada of the Fae, friend of the wolves, teacher of the healers Hear the truth in my words as I tell you how you can help yourup defensive positions in front of their vulnerable e that boiled just under the surface of eachas how they were on the verge of allowing their wolves to take over any way

"Vasile, who alowed a radiant blue and his body shook with the need to fight, to kill so He narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Fae He knew that he should trust her, that he had trusted her many times before, but his mate was totally defenseless, unable to protect herself in any way Trust was not a er

"Vasile," she said his naain, firmer, and with more authority this time

"You are Perizada," Vasile finally answered, "friend of the wolves, friend oftrue in her voice "You need to phase, Vasile Your ill be able to touch your mate Your ill be able to carry her to safety I will be your voice I will be your guard Trust me, as you have so many times over the centuries, trust ht she hadn’t reached hi as he shed him hued his mate carefully with his muzzle, when there was no shock of pain he laid down and buried his face against her neck Tears streaainst her with lies Instinctively, she reached for Vasile’s fur She clutched it and pulled herself over and onto his back She wrapped her arreat neck and wept into his pelt

As soon as the other males realized that Vasile’s as able to touch Alina, they all began to phase until, where eachwolves

"Well, now I feel so an to drop her High Fae for males"

"Well, at least in this forh"

They watched as, one by one, the wolves coaxed their fe the cooperation of the fe from the males

Adam stood up but did not leave Crina’s side "Peri, what about er radiated frouish threatened to take over

Making a split second decision, Peri glanced at Cynthia "Cynthia will phase and carry Crina" Ada for his lared at Cynthia, a silent challenge to take great care of his ht nod just before she phased Adam paced next to her as Peri helped Crina crawl on to Cynthia’s back and he stayed as close to the wolf as he could without touching his mate

Peri turned to Drake "You should phase, but stay at the back I wouldn’t put it past any of these ht add, to atteuided attempt to keep their female safe" Drake nodded and turned to walk back, far away froet to Vasile so that she would be in his line of sight She didn’t want hi up on him For one brief moment she really wanted to hit a wolf, any ould do, upside its head, because of all the precautions she was having to take to keep fro

"Lead the way Alpha And, if you don’t mind, be quick about it and try not to kill anyone"

Vasile lifted his lips in a wolf like sle brow "Okay, don’t ever do that again"

She waved out a hand, encouraging him to take the lead

Vasile let out a loud howl that cut through the silence that had taken over with the witches curse He took off in a burst of speed only capable by one of his race The howls fro across the landscape as, one by one, they followed after Vasile Peri ran parallel to the pack, watching for any danger they et their ency that he had never felt before He pushed his legs to a speed that he never kneas capable of, all the while keeping his gait as sround that o The more distance that they put between themselves and the location where their mates had fallen, the clearer the air felt His fur rippled as the wind blew through it and his eyes watered His ears were erect, constantly twitching, listening for any sound that did not belong His wolf felt desperate to get their et out from the open space where any attack was possible He pushed and pushed never taking his eyes fro aware of the wolves that ran with him and the Fae that stayed just outside of the pack He was desperate to feel his mate, to open their bond But he was too afraid that she would becoainst his very nature

Costin took a sht he felt on his back, knowing that he was taking her to safety It wasn’tto lose his o feral He didn’t reach into her mind, but he wrapped his love around her so that she would feel his warmth He didn’t want her to think she was alone in her suffering, that he had abandoned her He stretched out his stride, racing across the forest floor, more worried about speed rather than stealth He tried to occupy his mind ays in which to help her once the spell was broken, and it would be broken He his he had witnessed in the In-Between Those ies had eaten away at him like a disease and threatened to create a chasm between him and Sally that he didn’t know if he could repair Now, his own battle with the h once the curtain of lies was separated and reality was once again restored For the brief tiust and embarrassment He had seen in herhih wasn’t real, felt like it was taking the innocence she so fiercely protected; an innocence for which he had been beyond grateful for He knew that Sally wouldn’t be able to look past the curse and see that she was still whole, physically and mentally Whatever it took, he wouldto the brokenness that the witch’s evil had caused