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ATTICUSKarina whimpers again weakly, and we move. We are in front of Rupert within half a second and the pits of his dark eyes go cold with fear. Gone is the male who terrified me and killed my mother. Gone is the laughing man covered in his child's blood. In his place stands a hollow coward with fear written in every line of his face. "I said let her go," we growl out, and Rupert releases Karina. Karina falls to the ground in a heap and weakly crawls behind our legs. As soon as she is safely behind us, Roman and I grab Rupert's head. We pull his head from his body easily and his spine snaps. Blood squirts all over the other Alpha's shocked face, and the world around us goes silent as Rupert's head flies through the air behind us. "If you do not release my sister right now, I will kill you," we say as Ruperts head rolls to a stop in the middle of the field between the two armies behind us. The Alpha looks terrified for only a moment before he smirks and throws Adeline over his s
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KARINA POV I watch Logan's bloody back as he hugs my best friend with mixed feelings. I know he has just suffered a great ordeal, but his actions mere seconds ago were the opposite of the calm he is exhibiting now. "You're hurt," a gently voice says from beside me and I slightly flinch in surprise. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. We are all without our senses," the other voice says sweetly as I turn my attention to a kind looking female who looks ready to catch me. "I, umm, I was given silver by Alpha Kincaid," I explain as I see another female just behind her moving towards us with the same look of concern on her face. "Oh honey, sit down. I will look you over. I am a trained healer of this pack," the female says just as the other reaches us and offers me a kind smile. "As am I. Let us take care of you," the new female says, and I give them a small nod. I feel slightly overwhelmed, but I know I need the assistance. My body is weak. I wish I was strong
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"GET OUT OF MY WAY," we roar and the Alphas in front of us tremble. They won't let us pass so we can maul Rupert's henchmen and we are pissed. The W.O.L.F agents are on our side and we could physically remove the Alphas from blocking us, but we don't want to be violent toward them. We don't want to be seen as an enemy. We just want justice. "Alpha Logan," one of the Alphas says and we grow still as we see the approaching Alpha pair. They look exhausted and bloody from today's events and our anger toward Kincaid's men only grows. "My tracker said you requested my presence," Logan says, and the Alpha nods nervously. "Yes, we did. King Atticus is angry and in no condition to be giving orders. That being said, these two W.O.L.F agents have been ordered to kill your prisoners, but we made them wait due to Atticus's state of mind, of course. Many of the warriors his father brought were happy to surrender and openly disagreed with why they were here. The King's order is not fair
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We smile as Adeline's soft snores fill her small room. She looks so small, but also more comfortable than we have ever seen her. Finally, our mother can rest easy. We fulfilled our promise to her. Adeline is safe. Rupert Kincaid will never harm her again. We sigh and turn back toward the clean hallway. Karina hasn't been annoyed with our presence and we plan to soak up as much time with her as possible. We walk down the short hall and Katina's clear voice immediately becomes our focus. "He hardly leaves, so even if you did visit, it would have been awkward," Karina says lightly and our heart punches a little. She thinks we are awkward. "Awkward? Awkward how," we hear Chloe ask curiously and we stop breathing as we listen for Karina's answer. "Anytime I say anything, he turns my statement into something negative about himself. So he would probably do the same thing to you. It makes talking to him so hard. Like, okay, for example, I asked him how the final shift feels. He sa
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KARINA POV"A celebration of life," I think to myself as I move toward the temporary platform Logan's workers put together in record time. I have never heard of something so perfect. Rupert never celebrated anyone's life and in Outcast no one person really matters. We are all just pegs in the wheel, but Pack Thurman is better than that. It values it's members. Maybe the system isn't completely broken. I mean Patrick ran his pack currently. Maybe Atticus can use this pack as the template for all packs. Logan and Chloe will follow in Patrick's footsteps. I reach the stage and smile at my best friend. Her arm is draped over Logan's and I almost sigh with longing at how cute they look. Their relationship has done a complete 180 and I couldn't be happier for them. Chloe is going to be an amazing Luna and Logan is shaping up to be an outstanding Alpha. "Hey," a familiar voice says softly and I look to my left to find Melanie giving me a small smile. "Hi," I reply sounding as
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KARINA POV"All the prisoners are here," Logan says as he and Chloe come to a halt next to me. I silently hug my friend, and I intertwine our fingers when she pulls away from our embrace. I need her connection. Atticus is scaring me. He and his sister haven't moved. They are staring at the men from our pack with such venom I want to run away. "You okay," Chloe mouths, and I nod before glancing at Atticus. I'm okay, but my ex-mate doesn't seem to be. I wish I could get into his head. He has said all the things I wanted to hear for three years at the clinic, but I still don't know him. I don't know the things that haunt those dark brown eyes."Atticus, are you ready to begin," Logan asks, trying to get a response from Atticus or maybe just a glance. But Atticus doesn't move. He doesn't seem to realize Logan and Chloe have arrived. He is lost in his own head space. His eyes are bottomless, and the pull at his mouth screams hatred. He is ready to hurt these men. "Brother," Adelin
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ATTICUS Listening to males and females who have trained to serve a King is bizarre. They act as if we are royalty, but we aren't. We are Atticus and Roman. We are simple and uneducated. We are scarred and scared. We are not worthy of such devotion, but we will use their loyalty. They will see to the correction of this world. We refuse to let another Rupert exist and because of their undying obedience one never will. "King Atticus, there is a fresh meal of venison in your medical room. Adeline has received food as well. Would you like to stop the meeting to go eat," the female asks from behind her black mask. Our eyes raise from the floor and we stare at the seven members of W.O.L.F who are watching us. They don't seem to realize how uncomfortable it is to receive this much attention. They seem intent on spending every second with us. They hold these meeting and we listen, but so much goes over our heads. They talk about the vermin they are tracking who have killed or hurt othe
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The soft patter of rain on the clinic's roof wakes us, but we don't get up. The click on the ticks as the seconds pass by without us moving. We have hidden away long enough, but we still aren't ready to face Karina. Accepting the fact we would not be leaving the world left us feeling anxious. We realized we were scared. We were trying to take the coward's way out. It would be much easier to die than to fail at being Karina's mate or the world's king. Living with the shame of failure after everything else is terrifying, but dying would also be failing. Adeline would be stuck with guilt on top of everything she has experienced. A knock sounds on the door to our room and Logan's scent seems to spill in from around the seams of the painted wood. We scowl and sit up. Out of all the possible visitors we were not expecting it to be him forcing us from our bed. "Yes," we grumble and the white door opens just slightly to allow the young Alpha to peek inside. Logan looks us over cautiously
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