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They stepped out and Rachel took in the fresh mountain air and the aroma of coniferous trees Even the s a mole”

“I could arrange for a room in the ranch house”

“Would that be safe?”

“Sure We have guards and caround, but the only nuke we need to worry about is Lev”

“Ha, ha” Rachel scanned the surroundings which included a parking area and a huge barn There were several SUVs and a few s Probably for the ranchers or lycans needing more beef jerky or beer Farther doas yet another helipad Not the one where she and Lev first landed, which was a mile from the ranch This one was probably for Rylee’s personal helicopter

Cricket folded her arms and pointed her chin to the barn “We call it Blood Arena”

Chapter 21

Lev smirked as Slade slammed him onto the mat They practiced lycanand lycan moves “Not bad, Prince”

Breathing hard and sweaty, Slade scoffed “Former prince, remember?”

Lev bounced back onto his feet and adjusted his ear plugs During practice, loud music drummed from the wall speaker Rap music to heavy metal Currently rapper, 50 Cent played, Americans Lev took off his tank top “Ti and changed the music to Brutto, a Byelorussian punk rock band In a flash, he jumped up to the arena

Slade laughed “What, no Tetris?”

Lev sames is how you learn about Russian music?”

“Ha, ha,” said Slade

Lev patted his chest “Again” He had not broken a sweat like the other alphas waiting their turn to kick his ass

Slade put a hand up to give him a minute to recover Suddenly, Slade spun, dove and swept Lev’s foot He slammed into the mat with a loud thump