ants of a time when werewolves ruled in shadows and whispers. Lyra followed Seraphina and Damon

aries, hidden lairs where rogue packs held court in

pressed down like a crown of iron. Alpha blood. Mafia heir. C

er her shoulder. "Yo

er eyes. "

to you. This place remembers yo

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ed. "Still cha

bsidian stone. Wolves-some fully shifted, others half-shifted-stood in a ring aroun

he threshold. "Thi

ping into the circle. "And she'

wariness. Lyra stepped forward slowly, the hea

his place?

oodlines fractured, this was where the Alpha Queens ruled. Every

k it's me?" L

w it's

commanding. "Prophecies are dangerous

him. "Is that why yo

m fell

im. "What is she

enched. "This

oser. "It's exactly the tim

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she asked, ba

didn't mark you. My wolf... he

in her eyes. "Then it's stronger than we thought. The

omething inside her. "So all this

mon said, voice rough

s flared

shook t

and staggered toward Seraphina. "They're coming. C

g of wolves. "Then let the

er tr

from the ceiling as the earth g

through the tunnels

, queen of blood-

ildfire. Her eyes burned gold. Her skin shimmered faintly with a silvery sheen. An

ga

oor, his arms anchoring her as the pow

red, even as her visio

knelt be

olemnly. "Heir of the Blood Pact

Lyra

er howled

rom a wedding, from a name, from fate-stoo

yes. "This chan

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owls of Cassian's hunt echo

r had