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nder the aftershock, tearing free from their stone moo

granite courtyard, sending clouds of dust and

m, stepping calmly over the ruined gates into t

already drawn their broadswords, their steel blades weavi

ander roared, lunging forward with a down

nch to the side as the whistling blade

struck forward, slamming the heel of

pain as his fingers went

n on my heel, and smashed the flat of

ound warrior flew backward, crashing viol

fury and surged forward, their bla

, bone-white claws erupted from my fingertips, my

a of the White Wolf suffocating their low-ranking

gh their rank

thal close-quarters combat

bow, and every sweeping kick broke joints a

edator, snapping wrist bones and crushing ri

s guards lay groaning across the flagstones in a

ng glance across the ruined courtyard. "Is t

oors of the inner

can Alpha aura spilled into the courtya

ntly, saturated by the scent of

olently, pressing their faces against the fr

ing of solid stone wheel

rged from the deep sh

e of ink-black hair was a pair of glowing, ice-bl

carved with the lethal, devastating perfection of an anc

collided i

ry tinder waiting for a spark, neither

t of his chair, his deep, gravelly voice rumbling with dark amus

an easy tilt of my chin, a mockin

dirt and the sea of moaning warriors at my feet. "It seems You