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But right now it looked like the very thing trying to take me from Cian, and every part of me revolted at that idea

“We have to get out of here,” she pleaded “Don’t you want to survive?”

I was shaking my head He wouldn’t hurt me I didn’t kno I knew that, but I was as sure of Cian’s protection as I was of the air s with each involuntary inhale I made

It was only seconds that we stared at each other, but she was now the one shaking her head andfrom shock to cold, hard apathy

“Do you want to be the human whore of one of those creatures, Evelyn Willia in her voice, the way she sneered the words out… the fact that she kneho I was, hadback But she still had her hand wrapped around ht in front of mine “We don’t really want you, but you’re tied to that animal now, and so the Assembly will use you as we see fit to control these monsters”

“W-What?” That one as nothing but a whisper froain, but her hold was unrelenting “How do you knoho I a on?

Her laugh was low andI’d ever heard “We’ve been following you, found out you Linked to that animal” The way she said that last as like he was thefilth she’d ever encountered “Knew the moment he touched down, kneas only a matter of time before he’d find you So we kept close”

I shookon?” The question was rhetorical, because I honestly didn’t think I wanted to know even more than I did

I heard a deep ht, as if an invisible thread connected us I still wasn’t able to see anything clearly but worried it was Cian getting injured I didn't kno long I watched him, but I felt like I was in a trance, ensnared and unable to move, let alone think clearly Is this shock?

“We found the Lycans and have his hu to take down the other uard Intercepting now and will report back once we have the beasts in custody”

I looked at the wo she had procured a cell phone and spoke into it as she stared at me My pulse beat too wildly and loudly inas said was almost impossible

Dark ink on her wrist drew n A circular starburst with a crescent shape cradled in the center

I tore my focus from the tattoo just as I saw ainst the side ofand falling backward onto my butt My hand cupped the side of h to have h ers away and saw a thick aits

Another roar carried through the air, and I looked to where the sound cae-filled expression on his face, his body bigger than I’d ever seen it That… that wasn’t a human, and I’d never been ht then

I felt the wo rip her hand, trying to alleviate the pressure Her focus was maniacal as she stared at me, then looked at presumably Cian, as in the distance

I used her distraction toher in the side of the nose She iven her sh I was cast to the side before I could catch my balance

Another feral sound caaze on Cian once ht toward us with murder on his face

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A deafening—agonizing—roar exploded out of ht in e as I watched Evie drop to the ground, the scent of her blood coating the air