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development world pollute the entire rooistem “

Kane drummed his fingers in the doi table, checking his watch for the third time in as many minutes.

“For someone tendering their entity, you’re remarkably concerned with details at wont matter to you in three bdays/b.

Three hours into the negotiations, Kane finally cracked. He mmed his palm against the table, startling his own warriors.

“This is bing trives,” he growled, sung abenptly from his chair, I need a smoke. Keyes,” he gestured to his beta, a broad shouldered nun them. Don’t let them leave this room.

Not Panic Hand in my chest. bWe /bcould lean out of our sight. Ryder would be moving into position by nowe, and if Kane disappeared, we’d inne me

As Kane strode toward the door, I stood quickly.

“Wait, I called, my mind racing for a usible reason to keep him here. bThere’s /bstill the matter of personal possessions.”

Kane paused, one eyebrow arched in skeptical amusement. Personal possessions?”

I modded, gesturing toward the document. The agreement specifies infrastructure and resources, bbut /bnot personal items. My personal library–mery book L in–hus cultural significance to my original pack

“Cultural bsignificance/b? Kane echoed mockingly.

They’re family britfooms,” I insisted. “Traditional werewolf histories bpassed /bdown through generations.”

Adrian caught on immediately, picking up my thread. “Any items of personal significance need explicit protection under section 24.3

Kane rolled his eyes. ‘Fine. Add a use for cultural artifacts if it’ll bshut /byou up. But this is thest amendment.

As they resumed their bdiscussion/b, I felt for the ring Lydia had given me before we left Oasisbon. It looked like an ordinary gold band, but contained a hidden needle coated with a non–lethal dose of wolfsbane, Kane’s guards had searched us thoroughly for weapons, but they’d dismissed my jewelry an harmless decorations–a critical oversight.

Twenty minutester, Kane’s phone rang, breaking the tedious discussion. His expression shifted subtly bas /bhe nced at the caller ID.

“What is it?” he snapped, answering the call.

Through the rtive silence of the room, I could hear the panicked voice bing /bthrough Kane’s phone.

“Alpha Kane! We have ba /bbreach in the lower level! Intruders in section D near the holding cells!“

b| /bAdrian–our

My eyes met Adrian’s across the table. This was it bRyder /bhad found Nadia. The moment Kane’s attention shifted to bhis /bcall, I locked signal. Years of leadership had taught him to read, situations instantly. He moved with supernatural speed, circling behind Kanes chair and locking one arm around the Alphax throat in a preciw chokehold,

In the same fluid motion, I twisted the face of my ring, exposing the bhidden /bneedle, and humped forward to drive it into Kane’s temple. The wolfshare coated needle punctured his skin with a satisfying hiás.

“What the- Kane’s ruin of pain was cut short bas /bAdrian tightened his grip.

The phone slipped from Kane’s fingers, ttering onto the table. Panicked shouting echoed from the speaker–guards reporting a breech somewhere in the

Ryder. He’s Bound Malia.

Kane’s warriors started wand, wraps drawn, but Adrian’s vice cut though the chann

“Nobody mort hemanded, tightening his held until Kanes are began in ridden. One step closer and I hit peck

Kane struggled against Adians grip, Test the wolfshane was already taking effect, dulling his reperitural strength. His eyes bulged with Img he gasped for ali,

“Kill them!” he wheezed to his santions, desperation recing his earlier confidence. Then I let those asistom this excape!”

Adrian arm constricted finther and Kane that, culling off his

ismands. “Everyone stands down or your Alpha dies right here.”

The guards hesitated, weapons dili aimed but unwilling to risk their leaders life. Kanes heta, Reyes, raised a hand, signaling the others to held their positions.

What d

do you want?” Reyes demandes, his eyes, never leaving his Alpha’s reddening I

We’re walking out of here with Kane,” I stated, retrieving Kane’s fallen phone from the table and sliding into my pocket. “One our people are safely across your border, he’ll be released.”

With careful coordination, Adrian maneuvered Kane to his feet, maintaining the chokehold while I kept my wolfbanering poised near his carotid artery for a second injection if needed. We backed btoward /bthe exit with out warriors nking us protectively.

You’ll never make it off our territory,” Kane rasped, his voice strained from Adrian’s bgrip/b. “My wolves are everywhere.”

“We’ll take our

take our chances,” Adrian replied coldly. “Now bmove/bb./b”

We progressed through the corridors in tense silence, Kane’s warriors following bat /bba /bsafe distance, their expressions promiting violence the moment their Alpha bwas /bsecure. Thepound had erupted into chaos–guards running in all directions, rm sirens wailing from distant buildings.

Outside, our SUV waited, engine running. Adrian shoved Kane into the back bseat/b, sliding in beside took the driver’s seat, Tumbling with the keys bas /badrenaline made my fingers clumsy.

“bDrive/b,” Adrian ordered. “Head straight for the border.”

be him with one hand firmly gripping the Alpha’s throat. bI /b

I gunned the engine, tires spitting gravel as we elerated down the ess road. In the tearview mirror, I saw Kane’s Beta organizing a pursuit team, shouting orders as wolves piled into vehicles behind bus/bb: /b

They te following.” I reported, pushing the SUV to its limit as we sped toward Casishom territory.

“Expected,” Adrian replied grimly. “Just get us bto /bthe border crossing.

The miles stretched endlessly bas /bwe raced through Gravestone territory, the dustyndscape blurring around us. Kane had gone quiet in the back seat, the wolfshane s paralytic effects spreading through his system. His breathing remained steady but his beyes /bzed with murderous promise.

and between our

our territories–i mned on the bbrakes/b, sending bskidding /bbto /bba /bbhai /b

When we finally reached the border cone–a barren stretch of no man’snd in a cloud of desert dust.

what? I asked, scanning the horizon anxiously for signs of Byder and bNadim/b.

“We wait,” Adrian replied, ha grip on Kane never faltering. They’lle.”

Minutes passed like hours bas /bwe sat in tense silence, the pursuing vehicles drawing closer behind us, I could make out at least five SUVs in our tearview mirror, bpacked /bwith Kane’s warrion

“Wdrun.……” I warned, my

heart hammering against my ribs.

(“Just a little longer,” he insisted, thanigh 1

The press vehicles al peatly traded in al – supporting the piller

Thrie? I campel, pointing to sid the approaching, pain

hist of doubt in

eye–two figures emerging from belund a nicky

Rebel washed me me in a dizzying barely able to support her weight

(im I trcognized the

young face streaked with dirt and hi

blood, half cr

They had mind it Against all odds, om desperte pambat had

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