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despite everything. He remembered the spirited, bright-eyed pup that he and Mickey had rescued from the Dog-Garden. Fang was nothing like that anymore—his skin hung loosely in rolls of fur, and the deep bite marks were raw. Every movement seemed to cause the young dog pain. They’ve destroyed him, thought Lucky, sorrow running through him to the tip of his tail. If only he’d stayed with us.
    Fang limped up to Blade and sat awkwardly by her side. The Alpha’s eyes glinted in the half-light as she ran a tongue over her jagged teeth.
    Lucky sighed. He wanted to be with his own kind. Even after he saw Blade kill Wiggle. Lucky’s muscles tensed. Why had Blade kept Fang alive? He was born after the Big Growl, just like his littermates.
    Lucky frowned, his skin crawling as he remembered what Blade had said before—about how she would make Fang’s death quick. She had not yet “put down” Storm, but Blade had never been one to ignore an opportunity to cause destruction whenever it suited her.
    â€œFang!” Lucky barked urgently. “Run! Get out of here!”
    Before the young Fierce Dog could react, Blade swung around without warning and sank her teeth into Fang’s throat, ripping the fur away savagely. Fang’s blood spurted from his throat in wide arcs, splashing against the walls of the tunnel. A horrible gurgling sound came from the pulsing red tear. The young dog jerked and thrashed, collapsing onto his side. His back legs pumped and his forepaws scraped the tunnel wall, red with his own blood.
    Storm gave a horrified yelp, but for a moment, no other dog made a sound.
    Lucky was frozen to the spot, watching with horror as Fang started trembling violently, the way Terror used to when he claimed he had visions from the Spirit Dogs. But the young Fierce Dog wasn’t having visions.
    Fang was dying.
    Blade loomed over him triumphantly.
    Every dog was stunned by what they were seeing. The Fierce Dogs stood silently as the dogs from the Wild Pack cringed with fear. But Blade was victorious. She shoved Fangtoward the wall with her strong paw and started licking the blood off her coat. Fang shook violently, his eyes rolling back so they looked smooth and white as the Moon-Dog. With a last gurgle, his head lolled and his body fell still.
    â€œYou killed him,” Lucky gasped. “He was loyal to you—and you killed him .”
    Blade slammed down her paw. “This has nothing to do with loyalty. I am saving every dog—you should be grateful!” She cast a sharp look at her own Pack. “The Spirit Dogs have spoken. The pups born after the Growl came must be put down. Now, all but one of them has.” Blade’s eyes were wild. She licked the last of Fang’s blood off her dark whiskers. The Fierce Dog Alpha stared at Storm. “It is time to put an end to this. It is time for the last of the pups to die.”
    Lucky moved to block Blade’s path. He glanced back warily at Storm.
    The shock was dissolving from the young Fierce Dog’s face, and instead her muzzle twisted with anger as she lifted her gaze from the bloodied body of her litter-brother. Butting Lucky out of the way with her powerful muscles, she charged at Blade.
    Blade dropped her head, preparing to run at Storm. Then she looked up quite unexpectedly. “Something’s happening!” she breathed.
    Storm had stopped in her tracks, her head whipping left and right.
    Lucky could feel it too. The air was shivering, and the urge to run was almost unbearable. His fur tingled and he looked to Sweet. The swift-dog’s jaw fell open and her eyes grew round. “It’s like in the Trap House, just before the walls started shaking.”
    Mace shrank against the wall, and Dagger whined like a pup. “It’s like before! When the longpaws left!”
    â€œWhat is it?” barked Storm. She stared down at her paws. “It feels like Earth-Dog is shaking her fur! Is she