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He lowered hi round beneathmy breath, I looked at hi to escape? You said we’d leave the h the ansas obvious "Because you slipped off to sleep," he said "And from the look of you, you needed as aped at him I really, really don’t understand this wolf

Grace

I was not sure how ain We had arrived at the bank of a river The group was crowding at the front, staring down at soround Heath and I slid off Jeriad’s back, hurrying over to theet a closer look Arwen and Brock followed us too

There were bloodstains srass And then there was a bloody object that looked horrifyingly like an ear The ear of a olf

"This blood is still fresh," Micah said, sniffing "Which is a good sign"

"What? Whose blood?" Vivienne stammered

"Oh, it’s olf blood, don’t worry Some incident took place here, obviously I scent at least four different wolves in this clearing" He paused and moved around a bit ain over here Deeper into the trees Which , but while we’re by a river I think it would be wise to stock up on water and rest for a quarter of an hour We don’t knoe’ll next get the opportunity"

Everyone agreed that this ise We headed to the water and knelt, lapping up the crystal water and refilling our bottles I also washed my face and hands

A hand closed around my uninjured shoulder Heath hovered over me

"Will you be my accomplice?" he asked in a low voice

"Huh?" I narrowed my eyes in mock suspicion "Accomplice in what?"

"Coht before leading h the trees for less than abranches that resembled atree, except they were deep purple in color It stood about twelve feet away Through its long but thin branches, I could spy Arwen and Brock beneath it Aras sitting on Brock’s lap, his ar around her while they talked

Once Heath had verified that I had spotted them, he led me away and stood with me behind a tree He proceeded to infor he wanted my help with It was a plan too delicious for me to reject

"I’ll be your conspirator," I replied

I could hardly keep ht as we estured to Corrine, as talking within conversation with Aiden and Micah

"I’ll fetch Kiev," he said, "you fetch Corrine"

"Got it," I whispered