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There was noin as essentially a cave:with veret the hell out of there, but there was a presence that drew him, not alive, but…

He strode to the s and pulled down the thick, frayed curtains, so the sun spilled in

Ryder twisted back around to stare down at the floor, at the cru rotesque ht

With one notable difference Claws extended froers of this corpse’s fur-covered hands

Ryder had just enough time to think olf before he was hit hard froh to knock hiainst the wall

Ryder gasped through the pain and shoved backward, hurling his attacker off hiht, to kill…

Behind hi es look of a were

Already rage was changing ier than nor as nose and jaw assue An Alpha, Ryder thought with dis itself, the were half turned, crouched on its haunches to spring

Instinctively, Ryder threw up his hands and shift ed…into a woman Not just a woman, but the first woman he could think of--in fact, the only woman he’d been able to think of since he’d met her: Caitlin MacDonald Ryder called out, as close to Caitlin’s voice as he could mimic, "Wait!"

The were dropped back onto its haunches in an alnition

Ryder had been counting on the ele else had happened here It sees and snout were retracting, the youngyoung alpha before hi in sha as the were thought he was Caitlin, heinformation out of him "What the hell?" he demanded in a fair approxi here?"

The young man before Ryder was now alrined