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with a bleeding child on my
didn't stop until I reached the Pack's medi
to the first doctor who ran out to me
y used a hydraulic tool to cut the trap off his leg. As they worke
sed in surprise. "Good thinking. You
crowd, her face pale wit
and then she saw me, covered in dirt and his blood
e choked out. "
her son was stable, she pressed
se. "It's not enough, but it's all we have.
ed it. It was a start. "Thank
wolfless girl, had fought off a wolf and saved a child. For the first time, th
ctory was s
in the living room, sipping tea as if
d ice. "Making a spectacle of yourself. How utter
ed with a malicious little smile. "A whol
irs to my room, the money clutched in my hand. All I wanted was a h
ding spot under the loose floorboard. I lifted it, ready to add the new e
art s
ace wa
The velvet box containing every piece of jewelry m
t, washed through me. It wasn't just about the money. I
hadn't been forced. The windo
omeone who could walk into
or. J
next move. To not just humiliate me, but to strip me of eve
ds clenched and unclenched. In my old life, p
. "The Surgeon" took over, pushing t
They would deny it. They would la
my property back and make th
tly manicured lawns, the patrolling guards. I was i
rely on
e. An idea began to form, cold and precise. A plan buil
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