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Fro to the east, then caught the scent of salt water The Belizean coast wasn't too far out of reach in that direction To the west, he could see hu to riddle the countryside with mines

Mariketa definitely had to travel east Bowe had been able to survive awithin a mile of one - a er, but it would prove safer for her in the end

Unless they didn't make it out before the full ht No, they'd reach the coast by Friday

Directly below hi hi him with doubt about her Even if he knew for certain that she was his mate, could he accept a witch as his own? Present her to the clan as his fe and wanton beneath hiure so out

A few miles away from the new crater, Bowe spied the line of their ruined vehicles Her belongings would likely still be within And in her present situation, even the so out into this night, retrieve her things, and hunt for her He could use his strength and skill to provide for a female, a female who needed him The idea made him shake with anticipation

- Protect Provide -

The Instinct was guiding hile

For the next hour, he hunted in the inter the mountainside and streams with a renewed ferocity At last, after a lifeti what he'd been born to do, and he wanted to howl to the sky with satisfaction

Yes, Bowe knew all this could be false With his body and soul, he felt one thing, even as hisbut

Even Mariah would have understood the witch's pull was just too great to resist -

The clouds briefly dissipated then, revealing the waxing ht that commanded his kind alone, and the power of it filled him with awe, just as it had over all his years Yet now the coerness ithin him as well

When he lowered his face, he narrowed his eyes in Mariketa's direction

If she truly belonged to him the witch would do well to fear what he was

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After Hild had set off, plainly loath to leave Tera - though she see five had eaten as much unripened fruit as they could tolerate, then taken places around the fire to pass out

Cade had ood with that plan, but Rydstro sharp in Demonish that made Cade scowl at the entrance to the cave, then turn away from her

As the others drifted off to sleep one by one, Mari reh they were in a jungle, this cave sat at a higher elevation The night air inside washair hadn't dried