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Chapter 51

Author: TESSA YOUNG
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Aria's POV

I stumbled back. My breath ragged. My body trembling and raw.

Two. I’d killed two.

I should run. I had to run.

I didn’t wait. Not a second more.

The second his body dropped, I turned and bolted—mud flying beneath my paws, twigs snapping underfoot, branches whipping across my face. I didn’t care. I just ran.

The stench of blood clung to me, thick in my nose, but I forced it back. Focused only on the path ahead.

I remembered—thank the moon—I remembered the way I came. The trees, the bend in the hill, that weird crooked stump that looked like a clawed hand reaching out of the dirt. It guided me like a ghost in the dark.

My chest burned. My legs screamed. My whole body felt like it was about to fall apart.

But I didn’t stop.

The pack. I had to get back.

I had to tell Luca.

Whatever Julian was doing... whatever he was planning with them—he wasn’t done.

My breath was ragged, chest still heaving from the run. My fur had barely settled beneath my skin, and my legs were aching like
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