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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

e dirt path. "We'll drop your pie off at the Dowager's Es

snappe

the ascetic Lycan whose mere scent was currently making my bloo

feet hitting the cold hardwood floor as my he