ASHER'S POV
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Can't believe I'd left my pack for days now. I mean, I had to... I needed my mate.
My dear Lila... Only the moon goddess knows what that fool had done to her.
But I wasn't f*****g giving up!
Not so easily. Lila was my fated mate, and no one was going to have her.
Over my dead body was that going to happen.
And I meant every f*****g word...
The wind was sharp enough to sting.
By the time I reached the ridge, my feet were soaked, my boots half falling apart. I hadn’t eaten since sunrise, and I could still taste blood in the back of my throat.
Probably cracked a rib, maybe two.
Didn’t matter. I kept going.
The... I don't know, village below looked dead. No guards. No movement. Just a handful of buildings leaning into each other like they were too tired to stand.
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