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protect you from Fenrir,” Rafe said, wanting her to stay behind. As much as he wanted the extra help, he didn’t want Anja’s. And selfishly, if she were not there, he would feel free to do so when he took Falon protectively into his arms.
    Touching his cheek with her fingertips Anja smiled sadly. “Perhaps
I
will protect you from that terrible wolf.”
    Rafe grabbed Anja’s hand and slowly lowered it to her side. “You deserve to be loved completely, Anja. I’m not that man.”
    “In the eyes of the Blood Law you are, and that is enough for me.”
    Rafe let out a long breath not wanting to waste time arguing. He handed her the leather bag, then looked to his brother as they both strapped on their swords and leather scabbards. “Let’s go.”

Four
    SOMETHING IN THE universe had profoundly changed. Falon felt it down to the marrow of her bones. Her body vibrated with energy. Her senses were on fire, the scents swirling around her so clear, so strong, so defined, it hurt. As the breeze swept across her skin she shivered painfully as if every nerve was exposed.
    The strong cadence of her heartbeat thudded around her, the percussion pounding in her ears.
    Yet there was another heartbeat. It was louder and strong, but not stronger than hers.
    She opened her eyes and stared into two intense red ones.
    “Fenrir.” She breathed in awe. Unmoving, she stared boldly as he shifted from the deformed hunchback wolf into the human version of it.
    “You do not fear me?” he demanded quietly.
    If she said she was not afraid she would be a liar. He was hideous to look upon. His face long, his jaws thick, his yellow teeth jagged and sharp. Mostly rough bumpy skin was smooth in patches with tuffs of wiry black hair sprouting like weeds along his arms, chest, and neck. He was easily twice her size.
    She gasped as her memory came crashing back with the velocity of a meteor entering the atmosphere. Balor’s brutal attack on them in the container full of the poison swords. He had killed Anja and slit Falon’s throat!
    Dear God, what happened to Lucien and Rafael? Her temples suddenly began to throb. Rubbing them, she closed her eyes. She had been dying, bleeding out. It had been so peaceful, no pain, except the desperate pleas from Rafa and Luca for her life . . .
    Falon gasped, her eyes flying open. In his desperation to save her life, Rafael released Fenrir, and he slew Balor and that witch!
    “Where is Lucien? And Rafael?” she demanded, pushing up from where she lay on the ground. It was cold, dark, and barren. Raising her nose, Falon inhaled the crisp coolness of the air. The sky directly above was a sparkling blanket of sapphire and diamonds. A star exploded and shot higher into the deep blue canvas, its radiant gold vapor trail winding behind it.
    Great Spirit Mother, give me the strength to thwart this wolf!
    “They are dead to you,” Fenrir growled viciously. “I forbid you to say their names in my presence.” He leaned into her, his hot putrid breath laving her cheeks. “And if you call for either one of them, I will destroy them both.”
    Falon blanched at the deadly threat. But it was not enough for her to roll over and play submissive. “They will come for me. You cannot stop them.”
    “I stopped them once, I will stop them again.”
    “By Blood Law you have no right to me. I belong to both alphas!” Falon blinked as she said the words. Because Rafe had been vindicated by the truth that Mara was a Slayer, she still belonged to him. Didn’t she? But she had traded marks with Lucien as well. Was their union null and void? Desperately, she didn’t want her union with Lucien to be dissolved. But because Rafe exchanged marks with Anja would the Blood Law take the Siberian wolf’s side?
    Falon’s heart thundered in her chest. Gods help her, but she would fight to have them both.
    Fenrir threw his hideous head back and roared with laughter. “Do you think I care about the Blood Law?”
    Blood drained from