the first to lunge forward, pou

ray Mama and me? Yo

zed Yvonne's belly-not ha

ed me. I crashed into a wooden cabin

, her stubborn face

es and, with every ounce of stren

but that slap nearl

stepped between the

g you all these years. Without him, you'd be just

ome mercy and le

up for her, to use as a cu

his might be her only chance to carry a pup. We

said she was staying at a suitor

a no

own pain, I rushed to steady

p and I waited eight years in this club

y love someone, yo

, and by the end, a fain

ur flower dance captivated the sprawling pack of Joravia. How

ttention. I passed her off as a minor officia

hoice. Don't regret

If you give up the pup in your belly, I'll pay

othing to sneeze at,

's sake, ju

me, never realizing I didn't want to

t want him as my papa an

a's eyes, but Yvonne's sharp g

blemaker's kicking up a sto

," he said wit

s stubborn she-wolf

g only to hiss at Laura to make su

, but Mama stood cal

then turned to find another fortun

aid, reaching out her

covered litter from tha

ard, hurried over and lifted the

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