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Sage surprised"I’m sure it’ll be an adjustment If you want, you could visit randfather knows uest"

My eyes flicked to Adam If I could learn what it meant to be the ruler of the olves, maybe I could control it better and be the old Anna Adareat," I told her "Just curious, though, how did you know I’d been chosen?"

She s strand of hair behind her ear "Other than feeling the overabundance of power rolling off you, it was your eyes In our stories, there is mention of eyes the color of the harvest moon Since every wolf I have ever seen has yellow eyes, I put two and two together"

"New Mexico, huh?"

She nodded "A little town south of Albuquerque Adam is welcome, as well, of course"

"I don’t think he can make it, but Elle and I can come It would be fantastic to learn as much as I can about, well, e"

She turned and headed through the crowd When Elle was next to rinned "Have a sudden urge to search for aliens?"

"No, we’re not going to Roswell We’re visiting Sage’s clan to learn more about the myth of the white wolf"

"ConsiderSince Ada to talkand, while I had considered it, I knew I never could Now, leaving was the only thing I could think of Of course, I didn’t want to leave Adam, but I needed to learn about my neer, and I hoped the time aould be the kick in the pants Ada I tried putting h his eyes, but nohim if the roles were reversed Maybe men were made differently, and that’s why I couldn’t understand his point of view I may have held more power, but I still felt the same-- his emotions was the only form of companionship I had all day He kept his distance, and I keptin nals all day due to his anger Right now, I felt his apprehension I silently sent an order for hinore me, but my newfound powers did not includediaain Slipping it off, I threaded it through a chain and clasped it toback at me would be a constant reminder of what I may never have

Two soft knocks sounded on otten excited thinking it was Adam, but I sensed hi into h his hair, avoiding my eyes of course

"Hey," I said

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Like a piece of bread that’s been soaked in water," I told hiy?"

I laughed throughme like they’re afraid I’ll rip their heads off, and Adam … well, he won’t even talk to me"

"I admit it’s a lot to take in" He moved farther into my room and sat on the other end of the bed "I didn’t believe it, not at first"

"It’s nice to see IsoNo one believed it was true I mean, yeah, e found out you were a white wolf, stories surfaced, but still they were just stories, ya know?"

I nodded, playing with the edge of my pillow "Yeah"

"Anyway, the reason I’m here," Sawyer said, his tone a mixture of nervousness and excite off to New Mexico, and I want to go"

"Really? Why?"

His eyes met mine briefly before he studied his clasped hands "I want to et away for a while"