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The pack ran as one, unified in the co in their lives Fane’s heart beat with the every step and he breathed evenly with control A control that he didn’t really feel he had He knew that his as keeping theapart The wolf did not think with es that needed to be dealt with The man couldn’t touch his mate, the witch cursed her, and in the current situation, she was in danger Those things he could fix He couldn’t fix the daed bond between them that the man had caused; he couldn’t heal her battered es Fane let the wolf do the thinking for the ti because the wolf knehat needed to be repaired first He felt her hands tighten in his fur and heard a s smacked across his flank, the sound spurred him to move faster

For a brief time, it appeared that the rest of their journey back to the Romanian pack mansion would be much easier than their journey had been thus far Peri attempted to be positive, hopeful that they would have shtning struck the ground very near them

"Oh come on!" Peri yelled into the forest

Thunder booround shook The wolves’ steps stayed true None of them stumbled or fell, even when the sky opened and the rain flowed down in sheets Visibility became nearly nonexistent and the pack was forced to slow their speed

"Is this all you have? No originality, Mona Storh the rain drowned her voice out, Peri knew the witch could hear her As if in response to Peri’s challenge, the te sleet The wolves stopped, fearing the skin of their mates would be ripped fro The wolves laid the wo them with their bodies They eyed each other warily as they sheltered their ht

The sleet stopped abruptly and the wolves heard a loud whoosh Despite the freshly wet ground and foliage, flaround The fire circled all around theh that they could not see past the towards the fire so that every angle was covered Their teeth were bared and lols ru to think, to draw up a ic An idea forrasp When she opened her eyes and saw that the fire was closing in The wolves were becoitated Peri squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated as hard as she could Finally, it hit her; dark ic could not control elements unless the element was already present Mona could create the rain because the clouds held water She could create lightning because of the static electricity in the clouds She could adjust the temperature because she could control the wind that was already present

Peri smiled to herself In order for her to be able to conjure fire, Mona would have to have a flain with and last time that Peri checked, snow didn’t burn Therefore, the flaood one at that

Peri whipped around to face Vasile "It’s not real," she told him "The fire, it won’t hurt us because it isn’t real"

Peri knew that the instinct of the wolf to avoid fire would keep theh it, unless Peri could prove it She turned and ran towards the flaht for one heartbeat that she h the fire without so h andthe others towards her Their need to get theirtheir fear of the flaht feet from the flames He watched the lunge He passed through the fire and, like Peri, eed safely on the other side In less than a h the fire as well Without another pause they were off and running through the stored on, and still the wolves ran

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Skender saw the in the field where the packs had been training Soy in the air that crackled around him He knew that Dillon had followed him out but had stayed back, a silent shadow

"Dillon," Skender didn’t raise his voice, he knew the Alpha would hear hi this?"

Dillon stepped up beside Skender and looked in the direction that Skender motioned to with the nod of his head Up on a hill across the field, he saw the wolves slowly step fro to their backs Dillon and Skender watched from where they stood, but made no movement to co closest to the large, black wolf that Skender recognized as Vasile Dillon scanned the line of wolves using his enhanced eyesight until he finally spotted her prone from on Fane’s wolf Dillon started to walk forward, heedless of the danger, his need as a father overriding his corabbed his arm before he made it more than a few steps

"Not yet," he said, simply

Dillon nodded and stepped back, but his eyes stayed on his daughter and the wolf that carried her

Peri appeared to be talking to Vasile and his response was a snarl Peri threw her hands up in a manner that told the the wolves standing on the hill Dillon growled irritably It was taking the Fae forever to walk to the that she could have run or flashed to them

Peri finally reached Skender and Dillon When she noticed Dillon’s posture and deht off his face

"I’ to say this one time, Dillon Jacobs, Alpha of the Colorado pack I have had it with possessive, overprotective, controlling wolves If you growl, snarl, bare your teeth, or snap at me I will personally make sure that every tie to huave a curt nod and waited for the Fae to continue

"We have a very precarious situation The wolves you see up on the hill aren’t quite sane at the h quite a lot as we ran for our lives through the forest and they are tired, wet, cold, and carryingtheir own personal hell on top of being cold, tired, and wet It is i them to understand just how serious the situation was, "that there be no other wolves in their presence or line of sight It’s going to be bad enough that there are going to be scents of unknown ive the pissed off wolves any excuse to le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">