e to my best frie

ked on the do

me in the same orphanage,

rper had

e,” Harper had said when Griff

that I could leave everyt

door, a wide smile appeared

e you do

suitcase. “I need a place

se, and the smile on her face disap

’s wr

h him.” I forced a s

ast my pretense in a matter of second

. I was thin and pa

ghtly. “Don’t worry

her words. I hugged Harper an

e. Don’t

iffon, how much more I wanted w

ed ever

e it back to him. I was so naive and innocent, I believed that if I returned the money, his feeli

’t have been

ainy night five years ag

las Johnson, I would

r happened, I could

tly pulling back from the hug, I smiled and said, “Girli

on recover from this. For orphans like us, who had no on

uitcase and led

lace to crash. This

them to me. “Go take a shower. I’ll make you something to eat, an

ok the pajam

unconditionally good to me, like a beam

o do with me. I lived in a gray area

soon coming to an end. Had I been blessed by the goddess with my wolf, ther

pte

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n, she would be devastated. And the last thing I

the kitchen and slowly walked

o hard for so long. God, you must be exhausted. Quit your job and take

tly, filled with too many emotions to verbalize them. Then, I

never f

apart, I should use the last thre

omeone who t

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o conceal my pale face and lips and

on the computer to write my resignation

u seen t

Griffon’s penthouse; I hadn’t had time for anyth

t Elder Thorin’s daughter is t

daughter, so I wasn’t interested.

d from studying abroad in one of the European pack cities, so she doesn’t hav

d said, “Who would dare question her? S