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One Hundred Fourteen: Lana
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Lana's P.O.V.
With each step I took forward, I was forced two steps back. Back toward the house, further away from my mate.
One after another, rogues were racing through the tree line, past the homes that they had set alight, and straight for the pack house.
Bodies surrounded me as I fought with everything in me to protect my pack, my daughter. There wasn't a single rogue I was going to let in that house. It was bad enough that the house was filling with the injured, who were seeking help from the pack doctor.
But I needed to be in two places at once.
Maddie was with guards on her way to safety. But she also had enemies breathing down her neck, trying to get passed me to the innocent children so they could eliminate the pack in its entirety. I knew the chances of the rogues getting to Maddie were slim. Only those that knew of the passageway could find it, and the rogues didn't know where the tunnel let out.
On the other hand
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