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“Well then, you haveto do what it takes to protect your mate,” said Rylee
Lev lifted a brow and nodded My mate, only until I see to her safety
Rachel woke and gasped The nightmare had seemed so real Her pillows and sheets thrown on the floor Her entire body covered in perspiration, she sat and every ht Her head pounded, but the pain slowly subsided A hangover without drinking Was it related to the horrible nightmare? She reached for a bottle of water and drank every bit of it The ot up She recalled snippets of the horrible dream
At the sound of howls, Rachel had suddenly appeared in the middle of a forest Her friends, Cricket, Slade, Rylee, Lev and many more she’d not known by na wolves They growled at her Hungry growls The next moment, they huddled around a kill A felazed A she-aited for Rylee and the other alphas to take the first bite Rylee gave her perh the elk’s intestines She growled in pleasure and sed the her eyes and when she opened theain, the other wolves had joined in, but now instead of an elk they feasted on a wo satisfying grunts The feh toward her The woolden curls They were feasting on me Before she dared a closer look, she woke
Realization hit her like a ton of bricks This is why Hoanted her to leave Lev had shown her a little bit of his anie accident when his wolf lost control But worse, Lev’s bite had poisoned her After all this rogue olf pack business ended, she would leave lycan society Not say a word about the lycan society,medicine
Fae of bacon Her metabolism was on overdrive Later, she planned to meet with Darius and re-test her blood and discuss the scans I’ht After breakfast, she dressed to meet Cricket in the ranch house
Rachel took the elevator and pushed the button labeled Ranch The wall opened into the living roolassand smiled
Rachel recognized Cricket’s coyote-size gray wolf and Slade’s massive white wolf form They played in the snow near the barn She envied their happiness Rachel cared enough for Lev to set aside her jealousy and hoped he too would souards armed with semiautomatic rifles stood on the porch They looked human, cowboy hats, snow jackets and black military snow boots
Co paperith a tea room She would love to knohy they looked so serious None of her business The less she knew the better
Rachel walked into the kitchen area, grabbed aand poured herself coffee She settled on a sofa near theand viewed buffalo leisurely eating hay the ranch hands had just brought out Last night, Cricket insisted she wear the green hooded jacket before heading upside It wasn’t as bulky as her snow jacket, but lighter and cuter with a faux fur lined hood and cuffs Soht of just wearing a wool pullover, but happy she’d worn her new coat after all The huge mini-mansion had only a fireplace as heat Thick skinned lycans apparently didn’t need to waste energy on heating their abode Rachel reached into her pocket and took out her mobile She scrolled down to CW Had he already left? She put it away Cricket was right No point in tor up with an alpha who had clai up with a human man I’m into him, but for my health I’ve no choice
A big lycan wearing a Tearey eyes, brown hair with specks of red and th and confidence of an alpha Probably was Cricket said after a while she would pick up on their status
The lycan stepped outside and shouted, “Slade, Cricket, get your asses in here”
Immediately, they ran toward the side entrance, the olf
The handsome man went up to Trevor, who stood at attention Theofficer They talked in whispers Rachel tilted her head She caught the about, “Get her to Rylee’s war room”
Cricket ca uniform and approached her while Slade joined the other armed men ?