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ALEXANDER

Veronyka led me towards the boundary. I'd shifted into my wolf form to get there faster, of course, but Veronyka was oddly falling behind. She'd already begun to feel restless when we were still halfway there.

"Go, Elijah needs you there. I'll stay at the pack until you come back," she told me through mindlink. I grunted in response and turned around when she spoke in my head again.

"Promise me something, Alex." I glanced back at her. I could tell her eyes were shot with unshed tears.

"What?"

"Promise me that when the two of you come back, you'll come back alive," she choked making me stare at her. My eyes softening at the sight of the woman I've always treated as a little sister, a girl who's obviously about to break down in tears, yet mature enough to bite them back.

I give her a small nod. "I will,"

With that, I turned around and kicked my legs, running to the direction where I can hear growling and snapping of bones in each second that pass.

I got there sooner tha