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The scene switched, and he was a boy et used to the fact that they had taken his Lunar gift away fro that would make him a better soldier for their queen The rest of the boys eyed hih he didn’t knohy He was just like theunshot ricocheted in his head and he was standing in a crowded, dusty square His mother collapsed beside him Blood pooled under his feet But they weren’t his feet They were enor back and forth, and the scent of his mother’s blood was in his nostrils--

The dreairl, beaten and covered in blood She was on her hands and knees, scraet away She rolled onto her back He could s off her in torrents He could see the hatred in her eyes

This ti at him

He jolted awake Stop Ran Kill the alpha Run away Save her Find the old wo heart from his chest Find his parents Join his pack Tear their limbs from their sockets Hide Be brave Protect her Find her Save her Kill her--

"A little help here!"

His eyes were open, but he couldn’t see beyond blaring lights So, he snapped his teeth at his captors, but caught only air

"Stars above," sorunted "I’ve never seen one of them wake up like that before Hand me that tranquilizer"

"No Do not tranquilize him" This second feminine voice was soft and calm, yet spoke in deot one ar scraped beneath the skin of his foreared one of the blurred shapes by the throat and tossed him overhead A scream was followed by a crash of metal

"What--"

Wolf found the second person and wrapped both hands around their throat Just a snap …

A shock of pain tore through his ar for air

Wolf collapsed back onto the table Though the pain had been brief, his left hand continued to twitch

It wasn’t a table at all, he realized Shalloalls surrounded him Dozens of tubes,sensation he’d felt before was fro, he turned his face away, the sight churning his stoeries

Footsteps approached and he glanced toward his feet A fore in red, with pitch-black hair pulled into a bun "Welcoh the s felt wrong So was on his face A mask, or--

He reached for his ht them

"Finish the reconstitution procedures," said the thaue "He is quite a her neck She eyed Wolf warily as she started to remove the needles from his arms, then disconnected some probes that had been stuck to his scalp He flinched at each one

"Can you sit?" asked the lab technician

Wolf braced his muscles and pushed himself upward The task was easier than he’d expected His brain was telling him he eak, confused, delirious But his body felt ready to fight His nerves huy

The technician handed hie liquid He sniffed it first, his nose curling in distaste, then fit it to his lips