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Prologue 8 - Cold Iron
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2021-09-04 02:03:25To Tando's left stood another male whom I recognized as Marc. Marc was similarly Shifted, but stood a head shorter than his 'Alpha', though he clearly tried to copy his posture. I didn't know the name of the other male who stood just behind them. This one wore a form more akin to a wolf than a monster, but he too had Shifted to something in-between. All three of them were quite terrifying to behold.
My heart sank while I watched. Though I had never been close to either of the lesser males, I did know them from our Pack, before... before they turned on us. I had no idea what role they had played on the night of the battle, or whom they may have hurt. As far as I was concerned they were all as guilty as Tando himself. And as myself, I supposed, for truly starting it all. But it still broke my heart to see the men we so recently ate and hunted with standing beside the most brutal and cruel creature I had eve
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