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snow, slicing cleanly through the heavy herbal stench of my bedroom. My newly awakened White Wo
ng Pack Marketplace. Amidst the clatter of wooden carts and haggling merchants, I found the familiar, steady heartbeat of my ten-year-
t of crashing ocean waves washed over my senses.
ten, but you act like a grumpy Elder. Come with me to Beta Cloyd Hayes's estate. I
ter," Caiden replied, his young voi
aiden, still a Wolfless pup who hadn't experienced his first Shift, let out a str
muttered, cle
d my temples. Jaden wa
his voice shifted, calling out toward the edge of the market.
at it made my toes curl. Through my enhanced hearing, I caught Caiden's
trace of forced bravado against the crushing pressure. "Th
cold. Lord Ka
uth. He had spent over a decade in the Cloud Peak Sanctuary, living as an ascetic monk to suppress his Inner Wolf. He had sworn to sever
s secret mission. "My job? Drag the holy monk through every worldly pleasure the Pack lands have to offer. Fights
esumably stepped forward. He didn't speak a single wo
snappe
the ascetic Lycan whose mere scent was currently making my bloo
feet hitting the cold hardwood floor as my he
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