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Daht as tears escaped her eyes "Crystal"

"Good, now tell me"

Jacque decided she just needed to rip it off like a band aid and maybe it wouldn’t hurt as bad "He forced ht hi He clawed my back because he saw youreverything out "He toldto burn your marks from my back I was afraid you wouldn’t want me anye eh their bond and she tried to reassure herself it wasn’t directed at her

"There is nothing that could keepyou could do or not do would stopwith you You are mine, Jacquelyn Mine no matter what" Jacque felt the tears run down her cheeks She felt Fane’s lips on her own as he sent her the thought of hi her

"Ifor you We knohere you are"

"What! Where? Where am I? When will you be here?" Jacque couldn’t believe what she was hearing He’d found her She kneould, never doubted he would, but to hear it brought a relief she had never known

"You are in Missouri in the Ozark mountains We don’t know your exact location but we arrived in Springfield a couple of hours ago and are on our way to Ozark now If I have to search every cabin in the Ozarks I will find you"

"I know you will I’ll be waiting"

"Don’t provoke him, Jacquelyn You survive, do you understand? That’s your job, to survive" Jacque could feel the intensity behind his words and knehat Fane was asking of her To do whatever it took to stay alive No an wanted, Fane just wantedhere, let me worry about me I need you, Fane Be with me now, talk to me, and tell me howshe wanted to know He told her about how strong herDecebel crazy He told her how Sally had actually stood up to hi with his to tell her about her friends he began to tell her about the history of the Grey wolves

"Where did they coend is ere created by the goddess who lives in the rowing extinct due to hunters killing for their pelts In order to help save the species she co the olf She gave the huth of the wolf and the wolf the intelligence of the huht about the legend and wondered if it were true She figured anything was possible since olves even existed That thought ignited another "Fane, are there other things besides olves?"

"Do you really want to know the answer to that, Luna?"

"At this point, wolf-ht are the least of my worries" Jacque couldn’t help but think that it was her own species that she needed to fear

"Then yes, s besides olves But I think right now you need to get some sleep I will be there soon"

"Stay with me" Jacque yawned then flinched when she felt pain ripple through her body

"Always, Luna You are still hurting" It wasn’t a question

"Just hurry, wolf-man"