Anassa doesn’t stop. She hurtles on to the next obstacle, and I can sense her intention. She wants to win, to prove herself the strongest of the pack, to crush anyone who would challenge her. For the first time since we met, our feelings align. I want to succeed. I don’t give a shit about being Bonded, or rising through the ranks. But I want to prove myself. No, even more than that: I want to embarrass the people who’ve dismissed me from the start. I want my victory to sting them as fiercely as my injuries do every night when Anassa refuses to heal them. I want the power I know I have to carry
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