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This could not be happening.

I had only just gotten my wolf back, and now I was going to die. My poor twins would be without a mother!

I should have gone to Alex. He would have kept me safe, now I was miles out in a place I did not know.

I had been so stupid and selfish. All I had thought about was getting Matilda free and running. I had not considered the dangers that laid ahead. What if the twins had seen me run off? They would be so upset and confused. I could not bear to imagine their beautiful faces full of hurt. Their little minds full of questions. Alex would be hurt too, knowing that I had left him without a word.

The rogue on me with his teeth about to sink into me, to end my life once and for all.

And then, just as I was about to give up, a loud, ferocious roar sounded through the trees making me freeze. The sound was so loud that it made the trees sway and the birds flap their wings as they flew out of the trees.

And then, just like that, the smell of str