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79 - Broken

Author: L.Maci
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~Gemma~

Alpha Zander pushed through the crowds of his pack members. “Move!” He roared. People scattered upon his demand.

Something in me snapped as I stared at the nightmare in front of me. Her injuries were extensive. Irina laid on the ground, bloody and broken. Her beautiful black hair sprawled around her, like a bride’s veil.

She reached her hand up to me. I grabbed it, kneeling beside her. As her excruciating pain and sorrow rolled over me, I ripped it all away from her, bottling it up in the pits of my rapidly blackening soul.

Beta Solar crouched down on her other side, his face a mask of torment. “It’s done, witch. We have them.”

I closed my eyes, shuddering in relief even as I absorbed her pain.

“I’m dying. We’re dying.” Rina’s voice sounded so very weak. "No spell I cast can fix this."

A smile curved on my lips as I swept the remaining hair covering her face to the side. “Do you really think I’d ever let you abandon me in this shitshow? Quiet, while we heal you.” I patt
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