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His gaze slid to that of his brother, 108

His twin

They shared another bond as well that so far they had not revealed to the soldiers, scientists or other Breeds they shared the cells with A bond and a knowledge of each other that they could be killed for, if it were ever discovered They shared that bond with their ony as well

Breed nue that allowed thelimpse into the emotions and into the heart of each other

He had to inhale slowly, deeply as the scent of her blood becaony, with the horrific knowledge of as being done to her

A vivisection The dissection of a living body

And he had to ignore it He had to remain outwardly unaffected

He had to pretend to be uncaring that hiscruelly tortured for the scent Elder left on her In her The scent he recognized on a pri to Elder It was a scent he had never known, never smelled before

The animal senses that were so e was transh it confused thethat pierced to the soul and refused to be denied And in this place, in the horror of the life they were born into, it was a death sentence

This was the pain of belonging to a Breed? The horrific nighte within her body? A change that every Breed would knowto a Breed, if she had had the chance to live? A scent thatonly to Elder

This was how Elder had been caught This hy he had been unable to rescue the woman he had bound himself to, because another Breed had detected the et’ had betrayed the strongest of them all

The Elder

107 could have understood if it had been another Coyote who had turned the Coyote commander and that scent in to his masters He could have understood it if it had been a human

But it hadn’t been It had been a Breed It had been one of the Breed whelps who had been sheltered, nurtured and protected within her body until the scientists had cut it free

It was a Breed that would die, 107 promised himself He would kill the bastard and he would ensure that the Breed suffered