Christopher Robinson
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“Axel!” Ashleigh screamed as she ran to her brother’s side. “Ash…” Axel replied with a grunt. “I’m okay, I’m okay.” “Alpha!” a man called from nearby when he saw Caleb, “we have killed the stragglers, but several got away.” “Do you have a medic with you?” Caleb asked. One of the men ran forward holding his med kit, and Caleb directed him to Axel. Ashleigh pulled back on Axel’s shirt; the blood was all over his neck and collarbone, but she could see only one wound. A…
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“This is a lot of cars,” Bell sighed. She glanced at the mirror to the cars behind and then looked through the windshield at those ahead. The convoy was made up of more than a dozen cars. Each carried refugees of the fallen lesser packs. A few of the vehicles also held Summer wolves. Pregnant mothers and children too young for school. “It is,” Axel said, looking out the window at the trees surrounding them. “It’s risky for us all to drive together like this, but splitting up poses its own…
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Alice reached into her pocket and pulled out a flash drive. “This,” she smiled, “is a copy of all the files from the lab. Everything relating to the Bitter Night and all the other experiments they were running there. Since Holden arrived early, I didn’t have much time, but I pulled down as many files associated with Summer as I could. So, anything related to Cain should be on there.” Clara stood up from the table and took the flash drive like a treasure. She looked up at Alice with eyes filled…
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Clara had been digging through the documents since the moment Ashleigh had granted her access. All through the night and the morning. As the others said goodbye to their loved ones, Clara continued to read every document, look at every image, and run her own research. By the afternoon, she was exhausted but enraptured by the things she was learning from Alpha Cain. Almost three hours after the convoy had left Summer, Clara was deep into a stack of books. Some were written by humans, some by…
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After seeing his reaction to his father’s message, Ashleigh decided it would be best for him to rest. She gave Clara access to the files from the drive and spoke with Fiona about all they had seen and heard. Fiona gave a sad smile and nodded but said nothing else before she excused herself. Ashleigh checked in with Axel about the convoy. All the arrangements had been made, and Galen had approved the additional soldiers. All that was left was for them to go in the morning. There was one slight change…
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Cain paused the recording again. He let out a hiss as his arm burned. He looked down at the wound; the poison was spreading even faster. He knew he wouldn’t survive more than another day at most. He took a drink of water and then continued his recording. “For years, I tried to throw them off, giving them only little bits of information while I tried to solve the mystery myself. I needed to know how the werewolf and the fae were connected and whether or not the powers of the fae could still be…
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Caleb's heart fell into his stomach. He took a slow breath as he stared at the image before him. His father, precisely as he remembered him in the weeks before he went missing. “Caleb…” Ashleigh whispered. She looked back at him and saw his confused expression. A mixture of sorrow and joy. His feelings touched the edges of their bond. “Alpha Caleb of Summer,” the image of Cain said. “You are attempting to copy the files contained in this drive. Verify your identity, and the files will be…
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Ashleigh stared at the screen, but all she saw were a lot of letters, numbers, and symbols written in lines all over the page. “I don't know what any of that is,” she said. “Shouldn't there be folders?” “Well, if this drive held actual documents, yes, it should,” Alice replied. “But that's not what this is.” Alice turned the computer back and typed several more commands before pulling the drive and closing the laptop. She handed the USB back to Ashleigh. “So… what is it?” “This…
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Axel took care of the convoy arrangements, giving Galen and Bell the rest of the day together. Meanwhile, Ashleigh met with Nessa and Clara about any updates on retrieving the information from the flash drive. Unfortunately, there was nothing new for them to report. But Nessa, apparently having no fear of repeating the past, suggested a questionable source of information. Ashleigh took a deep breath before she knocked on the door. The expression on Alice’s face was a combination of suspicion and…
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“Anyway, that box… the note. It's his version of a love letter,” Alice sighed, turning the computer to face the others. “He sent me the security footage of him giving Holden a dose of Bitter Night and then instructing him to blow himself up.” Bell turned her eyes down, but Ashleigh, Caleb, and Galen all watched in horror as the scene played out. After taking a moment, Ashleigh looked at Alice. “What about you?” she asked. “Have you never felt anything… for him?” Axel…
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