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history. Afternoon sunlight filtered through grimy windows, catching dust motes that danced like falling stars.
of those six years pressed down on me – countless dead ends, endless searches, the constant pull toward a woman who'd haunted my dreams. Each
lasses that magnified his rheumy eyes. "Came in about three months ago. The young lady seemed
hough my wolf clawed at my restraint.
Currently employed as a liaison for the Werewolf Alliance training program. My fingers tightened on the steering wheel until the leather
restlessly beneath my skin, sensing how close we were to answers about that night. The memory was still vivid
ght choose to project the right image. As I approached her door, my enhanced hearing picked up t
eyes widened as they traveled up my frame, lingering
rrying the natural authority of my position. "The silver wolf pendant you
bow. Her voice trembled. "I... I never thought
mma perched on the edge of her sofa, hands clasped in her lap, the pictur
would come looking for it. Hoping you would come." She glanced up at me through wet lashes. "That night at Moun
carried a scent I could never forget – subtle yet intoxicating,
she spread several photographs across the glass surface. "See? This was from that nigh
Tangible evidence that she had been there, yet something felt off. My memories mi
watching her pulse flutter. "
e pendant, but I was desperate. The training program doesn't pay much, and I..
eir to Shadow Fang, I have certain obligations. If wh
ldn't presume to ask anything of you. I just... I just wanted you to know the truth."
n Emma's vulnerable display struck a chord. Perhaps I'd been too suspicious, too caught up in romantic notions of destiny
he words coming unbidden. "I should h
her tears soaking into my shirt. "I was so afraid you'd hate me
cent, her size, the way she fit against me – everything was different from my expectations and
its protests aside. Whatever my instincts
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