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in front of her. His hands clenched into tight fists at his side. “Why? Why is he selling women off? Why and how could a werewolf do that?”
    I don’t know, but it’s what he does and it’s how I became the Silent Killer.
    “How did you become Keta?”
    I became Keta after they changed me into a half-breed, wanting more of a challenge and while I was filled with hunger and anger, they threw a woman into my cell. I attacked her, drinking her to the point of death before I could control it. I apologised and that’s when she told me she knew what happened, knew what I was and how I became that way. She didn’t blame me. When I asked her what her name was, she told me it was Keta Torrez. That’s when I told her that her name wouldn’t die in vain. I would find a way to avenge her, and all the others who suffered.
    “And so Keta died, and Keta was reborn,” Elijah finished.
    Keta nodded, inhaling to calm herself down. She hadn’t spoke about what happened to anyone. Speaking about it now brought some relief inside, but it still hurt. Also, I can’t be connected to Katrina with this name and Rio can’t find me. That’s why I hunt vampires. I’m tied to the wolves just as you are, so I can’t touch them. I needed revenge on the ones who had a hand in what happened, and vampires were the ones I could touch without trouble.
    “So that was one thing you didn’t lie about then. Rio really did sell you off to the vampires.”
    Keta turned away, her eyes filling with tears again. She couldn’t blame Elijah for still being mad at her for what she’d done. She didn’t even deserve to be in the same room as him now. What will you do?
    “My fate has been sealed. If I don’t show up, Rio will find me and command me to take my punishment in front of the pack.” Elijah ran a hand through his hair as he continued to pace.
    Keta jumped when he laughed.
    “I was hunting Katrina long before he even mentioned her.”
    Though he spoke to himself more than her, Keta didn’t mind. She just listened while he figured things out. When he wanted her to speak, she would.
    “If he knew—if the entire pack knew what he did.” He stopped pacing and turned to face her fully, a huge smile on his face. “This is my way out—our way out—they need to know what he did, and they will know. But how to do it without him commanding me into silence before I can even get the words out.”
    Keta was confused. Her face seemed to show it because Elijah sat next to her and took both of her hands in his.
    “Nod for yes and shake your head for no. Do you want to become alpha female and pack leader? Just as we discussed.”
    Keta shook her head instantly, her hands tightening in Elijah’s for a brief moment. She didn’t want to be leader of a pack she didn’t belong in. She didn’t want the others to walk on glass around her, afraid because of what she had been changed into.
    “Okay. I will challenge the pack and kill Rio so you can be free.”
    Keta forced a smile. Thank you. She turned away from him, hiding the feelings she knew showed across her features. Elijah still wanted to set her free like he always wanted to, but not be with her or start a new pack with her.
    To be rid of her.
     
    * * * *
     
    It was close to midnight when Elijah finally stepped into the circle of Rio’s pack.
    “I didn’t expect you to show up.” Rio stepped away from the large pack, looking him over with a slight curve to his lips.
    “You should have commanded me to show up if you were worried.”
    Rio grunted as he walked around Elijah. “I would have been able to find you if you had ran. I was not worried.”
    Elijah didn’t speak, keeping his eyes on the darkness of the trees ahead of him.
    “Elijah stands here before you, to take his punishment!” Rio’s voice rang across the pack. “I gave him a command, a command to find our beloved Katrina and he refuses to do so!”
    The pack stirred, baring their teeth and growling. Of course they would