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Only one woh for him Only one had ever battled for hi he feared in this world She’d given hi out a little death

The panther inhaled the scents around him His body tensed Azrael Andanother

He rushed outside His pack--so back as men--tensed

The beast swept past the the trail Jade had taken

Then he stopped

Because the trail had vanished The panther tossed back his head and roared

"I thought I’d be able to get away fro flashed outside, sweeping in with the growing darkness A storht I could find a safe place to hide froet htet my life back"

Az waited, his body tense

"Months passed Eventually, I stopped waking up, screaot a job as a waitress at a diner in Arkansas I evenI even met a man who didn’t scare me"

She’d backed away, just a step, as if she sensed the dark energy that had cohting it, even as he drew the energy froic that stained the land like blood When she’d backed away, his hands had fisted so he wouldn’t touch her again

The darkness had already touched her enough

"Brandt killed Paul in front of me Told me that I couldn’t be with another That I was his, forever"

Not his

"I screaht open Paul’s eyes were on mine when he died"

You could always see the life drain from a hu remained

"How did you escape from hiuard then Even more desperate to keep her at his side