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Ashley snarled viciously, a primal, animal sound that caused Anya to wince “And Ashley needs her nails done She gets rabid when they chip”

Poor Ashley, her nails were bare and natural, the polish gone, the pretty little designs painted on them had disappeared They had been filed to sharp little points that were strong enough to lay open flesh

“I should have killed hi the side of his ear off,” Ashley bit out “I should have done what Cavalier was unwilling to do and sliced his throat”

“That wasn’t what I wanted, Ashley,” Anya whispered “The alliance has to stand We agreed to that; it’s the only safety for the Coyotes”

“Anya, once Wolfe sees this, there will be an inquisition,” Nikki told her fiercely “This will not pass If Del-Rey doesn’t control his men, then Haven will break the alliance You know this as well as I do”

Anya shook her head “It was only one”

“Bullshit!” Emma burst out in an uncharacteristic display of feral defiance “It was all of his ot fro to cover you? They disobeyed even their pack leaders and assigned the Russian Coyotes as far as possible fro base of rabid rels”

Anya lowered her head and shook it wearily Even her bodyguards didn’t see what Anya had known

“They’re soldiers,” she whispered “Completely dedicated to their alpha, just as the three of you are to me They believed I had betrayed Del-Rey and the base Their only safety” She lifted her head and stared back at them painfully “Jax didn’twent to hell from there It would have never happened if they hadn’t been certain Del-Rey was rejectingto protect me”

“You’re a fucking bleeding heart,” Nikki muttered “You’d die for any of those bastards”

“Yes I would,” Anya sighed “Their freedo for, Nikki I know the Del-Rey and the packs He would have never deliberately hurt me”

She tried to convince herself of that Wanted to, but she had been terrified as she faced him

“What tiain

“At three,” Anya told her “Coyotes will be all over the place soon We’re going to have a hell of a ti out of Haven”

“Then we betterlike flies over the dead,” she snapped, turning to Sharone “There’s a vehicle in the back, get it ready to roll There are weapons in the locker of the garage, easy to find I have a safe house I’ll take the four of you there, then come back here and talk to the alpha and the lupina”