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Chapter 27 : THE ENGAGEMENT
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Serena POV He didn’t answer, instead he looked down at his feet. After a long silence, I decided to ask him something else. I made a mental note to circle back to the question later."I need to know, Baird," I began, my voice trembling slightly but gaining strength as I continued. "What will you do if Alpha Grayson finds out who I am and commands you to kill me? You're a warrior of the Storm Pack, bound by duty. Will you follow his orders?" He sighed deeply, running a hand through his hair. "Serena, as long as I'm on the patrol team, I will do anything to protect this pack and the people I love, including you." "But that's not an answer!" I shot back, frustration bubbling up inside me. "What if the Storm Pack insists on fighting the Pack Alliance? Will you invade my homeland and attack my people?" Baird's jaw clenched, and he took a step closer to me. "You're worrying about things that will never happen." "How can you be so sure?" I pressed. "I've met Alexia. She doesn't see
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SerenaWhat was Nathan doing here? Had he come to find me? I had to practically pick my jaw up from the ground. He was nearly the last person I expected to see. If he really was here for me, how did he know I had been arrested as a spy from Pack Alliance? They were pretty secretive about their inner pack details.I had so many questions and I knew the only person who could answer them was locked in the dungeon, doomed to be sent to military court, just as I had been before. I shuddered at the memory. I had to find a way to get to Nathan. If he had been arrested like me, he was likely doomed, just as I had been. I had to find a way to save him.Nathan was my personal aid, and we’d been working together for the past five years. In many ways, he was my best friend. I couldn’t watch him get an unjust trial from the military court. And I really couldn’t watch him trudge into the execution grounds and hang. I rubbed my neck. I knew all too well how horrible that was, and I wasn’t go
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SerenaI knew the moment the SUV spun around that we were heading back to the dungeon. It was almost the last place I wanted to go. The last being the execution grounds, of course. At least in the dungeon, I had plenty of air to breathe, no matter how dusty and dingy it might be.Once Marcus tossed me into the cell that had held Nathan the day before, I almost felt a sense of relief. I didn’t have to fear going back to the dungeon now. I was already there. Nathan and Cervine were safe. That was all that mattered.I rubbed my wrists. It still felt like the cuffs were on, though Marcus had gruffly removed them before slamming the cell door. My mind moved to Baird as I sank to the ground. The last time I saw him, we had quite a fight. If I had only known what would become of me, that I would likely never see him again, I never would have argued with him in the first place.I closed my eyes and pictured his handsome face. I removed the fight from my mind and put into its place an alter
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