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Ch. 14

Author: Cara Anderson
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Brynlee

"He's been doing what?"

I stare at Rhett, trying to process what he's telling me. Pack members being spelled to carry Xander's scent. My safe spaces being invaded by people who don't even know they're being used against me. The garden. My refuge. It wasn't even him there.

"How many?" My voice shakes. "How many pack members has he . . ."

"At least three that we know of," Rhett says carefully. "But there could be more. Kat and Olivia are working on a way to detect the spell, but until then . . ."

"Until then, nobody's safe to be around." The reality of it hits me hard. "He's isolated me without even being here."

My wolf whines, pressing closer to the surface as Rhett's scent wraps around us. She remembers how safe we felt during our “exercise” earlier, how perfectly he helped us through the panic. But this . . . this is different.

"There's a solution," he says, and something in his tone makes both me and my wolf pay attention. "But you won't like it."

"I need to leave." The word
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