  &quot;Okay, maybe. I mean, we always knew he would try to maneuver some sort of union around the mountain. I just didn t think he would physically expect them to move here. The device, we don t know enough to second guess what it would do to us all in the valley. What we brought back has a limited range.&quot; Colton is stiff, uneasy, and I can tell he doesn t like his pack questioning orders from above. He truly is hooked by the nose when it comes to his father, and I need to figure out how to get in there and remove the darn thing. Maybe I wasn t paired with Colton so he could save me from my life; maybe I was paired with him so I could save him from his. The Fates work in mysterious ways, and things aren t always obvious.
  &quot;You can t keep tabs and instill fear into people if they re not close enough to feel your wrath.&quot; Radar butts in again, and it s easy to see that when

  I bend double, stomach twisting itself inside out, and dry wretch as my body tries to vomit out the contents of my earlier breakfast. A washing machine motion making me spasm as I gag once or twice. Sweating profusely, limbs shaking with exertion, and heart working so hard, I think I m having a heart attack, and it s about to explode through my chest. I can feel my pulse inside my ears and in my throat while I use my hands on my knees to brace my body and gasp for breath to fill my laboring lungs. I feel like I m on the verge of dying. 
  &quot;Here, drink some water and it ll pass. Take a breather.&quot; Colton holds out a cold bottle towards me, foggy with condensation and straight from the ice bucket, at eye level, and I can t even muster up the ability to reach out and take it. I cough up phlegm, my throat burning painfully, and exhale wheezily in some sort of response. I can t bel

  Meadow whistles at me, almost deafening me with the strength she can emit with just two fingers in her mouth, and motions with her hand in a circling manner to get me to turn around. She s bossy but there s something likeable about her and I m fast warming to her pushy personality.
  She s gone to town on me in a short space of time. My hair sleek, combed until it s glossy and pulled up into a high ponytail that she said made my waves come together to an almost ringlet at the back. She s blushed, pinched, dabbed, and painted my face with various products, and squeezed me into clothes she swears are my size, but the restrictions I feel make me doubt it. My bust is surprisingly close in size to what she wears, so no doubt she heavily downsizes for extra 'oomph  in her breast department.
  Skintight soft denim jeans, paired with a fitted white tank with a low-cut V. I m all cleavage I nev

&quot;Okay, maybe. I mean, we always knew he would try to maneuver some sort of union around the mountain. I just didn t think he would physically expect them to move here. The device, we don t know enough to second guess what it would do to us all in the valley. What we brought back has a limited range.&quot; Colton is stiff, uneasy, and I can tell he doesn t like his pack questioning orders from above. He truly is hooked by the nose when it comes to his father, and I need to figure out how to get in there and remove the darn thing. Maybe I wasn t paired with Colton so he could save me from my life; maybe I was paired with him so I could save him from his. The Fates work in mysterious ways, and things aren t always obvious.
  &quot;You can t keep tabs and instill fear into people if they re not close enough to feel your wrath.&quot; Radar butts in again, and it s easy to see that when it comes to Juan Santo, Radar isn t completely loyal to his Alpha. There s a hint of malice in that 

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