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167 - Justice

Author: R. Lee
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Lucy:

The air around us was thick with tension. No, it wasn't tension. It was a simmer of rage and pervasive darkness.

And yet, somewhere in all the haze of emotion was a faint glimmer of compassion. It lingered like a distant lighthouse, reaching toward me, begging to guide me to shore.

Somewhere deep down inside of me, I felt it. I didn't want to, but it was there. Clutching my heart like a vice that wouldn't budge.

An understanding of something I didn't fully recognize yet, but parts of me sensed it a long time ago.

Is this why he wants me so badly? He could feel my unrecognized understanding.

"Your father lied to me," Zeak says, taking short, slow strides toward me.

"Make them stop. You wanted me, and I'm right here. There doesn't need to be any more bloodshed!" I say calmly.

I don't step back or flinch as he makes his way toward me.

'What did you do, Lucy? Where are you?' I hear Leander push through my closed link with his Alpha command.

He must have sensed his sons not being able
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