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"Don’t run," Rue advised her chief engineer "He’ll only chase"

"M the ability to speak

"Are you tarnished?"

Quesnel inclined his head

"Can you pull? Slowly?"

Quesnel ht hand to scrunch back the cuff on his left arm This revealed a dart e flick to load it, no doubt with silver Not big enough to do serious daht area it could certainly sloolf down

Rue let out a shaky breath and returned her focus to her father

"Paw, look at me Please"

He didn’t move

Instinct, this is all instinct I have to play on that

She gave Quesnel a wink to let hih "Oh" She put a hand to her head in the manner of Aunt Ivy "I feel faint I feel dizzy" She stu ar her like she was a child again, but his grip was too tight

Rue tried a light touch to his bristled cheek Finally, their eyes lassy and… absent

Rue could think of only one thing that ht help this situation – Lady Maccon "Where’s Mother, Paw? Where’s your wife?"

Lord Maccon twitched,her, maybe not

Rue tamped down on the realisation that the London Pack had been drunk and out of control last night, not for so adorable olf reason, but because their Alpha was out of control

"Alexia, where is she?" Instinct, Rue instructed herself, activate instinct "I’ is well You need to find your wife She needs you" You need her

Alphas who lost their control went ood of society Her Paas,Rue said went in and stuck