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Perrin“He fucking kicked my ass!” I plunged myself into the ice bath at the Lodge.“Stop your whining,” Mark quipped. Though I could see the faint look of concern on his face that I was so sore after only two hours.“Did you go easy on him?” Seth asked, only half-paying attention.I glared at Seth in answer, focusing on the bite of the ice water as it hit my skin. Ethan had departed a few minutes ago to return to his hotel where the party was being held later this evening. He was barely winded while I was too sore to move if I didn’t work out these muscles first.“He’s incredible,” I told Mark. “You can tell he’s been putting in crazy hours. He’s just… unstoppable.”Mark nodded, reading the unspoken words as Seth thumbed through his clipboard, leaning against a locker and lost in thought about some training program he was putting together for the new recruits. Ethan was progressing beyond whatever he had been here, as an Aperture and in this Lodge. And now, as a transformed wolf, uni
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Kira“Are you ready?” Perrin’s voice called through my bedroom door. Given the last forty-eight hours, I had taken to locking it. Between him and my brother checking in on me every twenty minutes, it was a miracle I could go to the bathroom by myself. But the door wasn’t locked now, Perrin trying to show me at least some modicum of courtesy.“Almost,” I called back.“Can I come in?”“You haven’t bothered knocking once today. Why start now?”He opened the door without pause. “You clean up nice.”“Gee, thanks.” I finished pinning back my hair, turning my cheek this way and that to check for any stray pieces. Who was I kidding? My hair was as wild as if I had rode my motorcycle without my helmet, blonde wavy strands sticking out this way and that. I turned to face him, checking my heels in the mirror in the process. “Hey, any chance you know where my keys are?”Perrin squinted in confusion. “You’re not trying to ride your bike in that, are you?” He gestured at my black cocktail dress tha
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“Oy!”I whirled, stepping away from Ben and nearly stumbling off the sidewalk into the road. “Are you coming?” Ethan said. I felt Ben grip my arm and yank me out of the way, as a nearby car beeped loudly and drove past.“Ow!” I pulled my arm from his. He hadn’t meant to, but he had hit the same bruised spot earlier that Perrin had taken full advantage of. “Watch it!” Ethan yelled, looking both ways before crossing the street. Justin stood silhouetted behind him just outside of the lobby doors. “What are you doing?” Ethan yelled, approaching and taking me in. “Did you hurt her? And who the hell are you?” He looked Ben up and down. Ethan had a few inches on Ben, but Ben didn’t challenge him, nor meet his eyes.I looked from Ben to Ethan. “Ethan, this is Ben. He works at the archive.”“Is it normal archive behavior to hurt you?” He growled.“Calm down,” I said, frustrated. “And that was an accident.”“An accident?” I bore my eyes into his face, willing him to let it go. He seemed to g
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PERRINWhatever type of friendship was blooming between Kira and Ben, I didn’t know. I always had the feeling that they didn’t quite like each other. But when Ben showed up without Kira a few minutes later, I followed after him to the bar.“Coke please,” he said, leaning on the counter. He saw me, then stood up quickly and held his hands up as if in surrender. “Don’t worry. It’s just coke.”I smiled dismissively, eyebrows furrowing. “I’m not here to babysit you. You can handle yourself.” He snorted in acknowledgement, raising his glass in my honor. “Are you feeling better?” I asked. I anticipated that his private moment with Kira had something to do with their shared… situation.“Not really,” he replied sourly. “Speaking of, where is Kira?” I looked around.His face contorted into a sneer. “Damned if I know.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked, stepping towards him. He didn’t back away, but it was as if something inside him snapped and he realized the tone he used with me.“She…
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Perrin“Keep us posted if you see either of them.” Mark instructed. Janas nodded, then disappeared into the crowd. It seemed to grow and swell with each passing moment. How many people had Salindra and Nael invited to this thing? How many people did Salindra still know here? How could this party be so big to the point where people were standing nearly shoulder to shoulder? Minutes passed, and I continued to feel uncomfortable. Warm. And slightly lightheaded. I got another water. “Do you really think he’d have the balls to plan a meeting during his own party?” I asked under my breath.Mark’s head had been non stop swiveling like a bobblehead doll. “Stupid is as stuipd does.”But just then, a booming voice called over the microphone. Nael’s voice echoed through the speakers. “Ladies and gentleman!” “Guess that was a fool’s errand,” I said to Mark, eyes not seeing Janas anywhere. But Mark’s eyes were on Salindra, who had appeared with Nael on a small platform at the far end of the bal
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PerrinThe lobby was packed with people.I held Lo’s hand gently in mind as I wound our way past the hotel guests, snaking through the crowd that seemed to be taking a break from the ballroom and dancing. “Seriously, why are there so many people?” I muttered, gently tugging Lo behind me. The last place I wanted to be was surrounded by so many people; inundated by so many scents that weren’t her.“Leila?”I stopped dead, but Lo apparently didn’t want to have anything to do with her mother, pulling up to my side and then ahead of me, yanking my hand. How they got out here; away from the dancing so quickly was beyond me. “Leila!” We weren’t moving fast enough. I watched Lo’s shoulders slump as she turend to face her mother. Salindra’s arm was looped through Nael’s arm. Lo tensed, the passion that had lit a fire in her eyes just moments before now extinguished to a dull simmer. “Hello, mother.”Salindra walked forward and grabbed Lo’s shoulders with her hands, gently kissing each of he
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Lo“Where are we going?”“My room.” His tone was all business. Perrin’s large frame navigated through the busy pack lobby. I guess we weren’t the only ones to leave the engagement party early.Engagement party? No. Full-blown circus act.But the last thing I wanted to–or could think about–was my mother right now. Perrin was with me. Finally. And this was all I wanted. My heart had been hammering non-stop from the second I showed up at the pack house to discover where he had gone; my daydream of our reunion shifting quickly to involve way too many people.But there he had been, eyes shining and mirroring the relief that I felt, appearing before me in the middle of the dance floor like our bond had summoned him to my side. It was as though nobody else had been there; no crowd to navigate or people between us. He seemed taller than I remembered, more handsome in person than over video call, and smelled even more seductive than I could handle. My body started heating at the sheer sight of
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Inside the Archives The beeswax candles flickered on the walls, casting shadows deep into the shelves and stone. “Did anyone see you leave?” asked a voice. “No, I don’t think so,” replied a second voice. “There are too many bodies in that room for anyone to notice, anyway,” mused a third. A chuckle rippled from the first voice. “My new fiancee can be good for something, I guess.” The other two laughed in agreement before the first spoke again. “Is he coming?” “I’m honestly not sure,” said the third. “Most of the Aperture vehicles were all occupied this evening. I’m not sure he could get a ride from the infirmary over here.” The first clicked his tongue in disapproval but nodded. “A car would have been too obvious anyway.” “Is he really going to stay here?” Asked the second. The first smiled, the shadows the candles cast on his face etching deep lines into his face. “He is. I had a chance to speak to him earlier today.” “And will he cooperate?” Pushed the second. The first el
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