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An Unholy Alliance

Author: Dallas Ryan
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-10 03:28:41

Lexa’s silver-marked wolf weaved through the forest, her paws barely making a sound against the leaf-strewn ground. Her breath came in sharp, desperate pants, each exhale curling into the cold night air. The guilt weighing on her chest felt heavier with every step, but she didn’t stop. She couldn’t stop. Not when staying would mean putting the pack—and Vivi—at risk.

She told herself this was the right thing to do. The only thing to do. But the pain radiating through the bond made it harder and harder to convince herself. She could feel Vivi’s emotions slipping through—fear, desperation, and worst of all, love. Love so fierce and unrelenting that it made Lexa’s chest ache with an unbearable longing.

"They’re safer without me," she told herself for what felt like the hundredth time. "They’re safer without me."

But the words felt hollow now. The deeper she ran into the woods, the emptier she felt. And then... there it was. The faint scent of gunpowder and steel hit her nose, making her s
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