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with the old man’s jaw hard enough to make his head spin. Bones cracked. The knife fell out of Kiba’s hand as he stumbled back.
    Kiba caught himself and wiped his jaw. “You’re a brash one, Józsi. I’ll give you that. Why are you here fighting with your Elder?”
    Józsi narrowed his gaze at Kiba. “Why don’t you tell me what you’re doing? Scaring little girls isn’t your style, old man.”
    Kiba cracked the faintest of smiles. His face twisted in the moonlight, making him look just plain insane. He took a step forward.
    Józsi didn’t move.
    Kiba looked at Lukina, scowling. “You brought him here, didn’t you?” His jaw hung open in astonishment.
    “I’m sorry, Elder. It was the only choice we had. Your behavior is—”
    “Is the only way it should be. This pack needs control, to learn obedience through fear. We are being chased and run off from our lands by the God damn humans. And I am not going to take it anymore!” Kiba’s chest heaved and sweat broke out on his face. “If we are ever to find paradise again—”
    “You look even more insane now, old man. If the humans are causing us problems, where are they now? And what does that have to do with the fact that you’re scaring these two girls? And where is Ilona?” Józsi’s voice rose a notch with every word.
    Kiba laughed. “Yes, your little Ilona. Meredith, now, I suppose. The wench is in hiding. She was out with us, but managed to run away at the sound of approaching footsteps.”
    That didn’t sound like Ilona. She didn’t scare easily, and most humans didn’t realize she was a wolf anyway. Ilona was a healer, like Lukina, so her magic kept the fierce creature part of herself from the humans' minds while letting them feel nothing but comfort through undetected magic.
    “So be it, old man.” Józsi turned to the two women cowering on the ground at Kiba’s feet. “I’m taking these two with us back to the villa.”
    He motioned with his hand to the two women to follow him. Both of them stood and waited with fearful expressions.
    Kiba glared at them. "You would dare challenge me here, son?"
    Józsi had no desire for a fight but if blood needed spilling, he'd do everything in his power to avoid it. But he wouldn't lose to Kiba. Not if the old man's health had declined the way his mental capacity apparently had. "You're crazy. Shut up and go home old man. You are no leader to me."
    "So you're a traitor returning for punishment?" Kiba cocked his head, raised a fist.
    Lukina stepped forward, head raised. She glared hard at Kiba. “Come with us, ladies.” She held out her hands.
    Kiba's eyes widened in response to Lukina's unspoken threat. “Fine. Take them. Just know I’ll be back with others, and I’ll show you what the true menace is to our pack.” Kiba dropped to his knees and looked up. Lifting his hands to the sky, he started mumbling, chanting in a language that was neither English nor Hungarian, then stood and left.
    Józsi spat in the direction Kiba had gone, aware that his former Alpha had been out of ear shot range. “Fucker.” Józsi let Lukina walk in front of him with the two others. “Where is Ilona?” He needed answers from these two.
    Both of them shook their heads.
    "They don't speak much English, Józsi. You'll have to speak Hungarian."
    "Fuck." He didn't remember much of the language, had been speaking English so long in America that he'd forgotten most of his linguistic roots. It didn't bother him most days but being back in Hungary where English wasn't spoken so much in the rural parts would make his life a little more difficult.
    The brunette on his left, dressed in peasant clothes, answered first. Lukina translated. “She’s gone off to Köröshegy to meditate.”
    Józsi drew in a breath, rubbed his temple. Damn him for not remembering the lands he grew up in very well. “Which direction is that from here?”
    Lukina pointed to his left. “It’s not that far from here. If you run that way you’ll