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as a symbol. A thorn

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salt, sweat, a

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look up. He sta

voice was rough, like h

t me, M

y lifted

loodshot. But deep within

were

my spine. My *Inner Wolf* sat

he asked.

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my voice steady despite t

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ome near the main house unless summoned. Y

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limp away to

until the wood splinte

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