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VIII: Runaway

Author: J. Tarr
last update Last Updated: 2022-10-28 19:48:16

-Arkyn-

Kira is quiet as we step onto my father’s waiting private jet. She’s holding on to her cousin, Luka, while he whispers soothing words to her. Luka is like a spitting image of Beta Konstantin, just with the green eyes of his mother. I know they’ve always been close, closer than she and I could ever be. But I can’t help but think that it should be me comforting her… even if she wants nothing to do with me right now.

She’ll resent me for taking her away, but her father has left her in my care. There is no way I would pass up on a request from Alpha Kai himself, not when it comes to her.

I have informed my father of what happened at the Hall of the Five; how the Helseths have yet again waged war on the Volkov pack. Erik used his son’s bond to Kira and it worked, nearly everyone was incapacitated when we left.

There’s an uneasy quiet that settles over everyone; no one speaks or looks at each other. Elijah is sitting next to Jade and the two still refuse to acknowledge one another
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Elisha Darnell
it's already a.good book hope the family is ok
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eh-ch
im confused or in denial. what happened to kai, caterina, Konstantin, lilith???? rhe family???
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Sindiswa
It feels good to be back
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