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Chapter 14: His Animai - Marcus
I’ve never wanted to go to these events. I’ve always been more than happy to stay at the pack and tend to business. Anything that gets me out of going to one of these stupid balls. It’s like the mutolupus version of speed-dating if you ask me. A bunch of singles coming together, moving around a big room hoping to find a partner and if you don’t find them you leave feeling like shit. Not my idea of a fun time.
I’d love to find my animai, I’m twenty-four now and while I enjoy casual hookups, they don’t satisfy that empty feeling that can only be filled by your soulmate. Yet, I still don’t like going to these events, call me stubborn.
We’re sitting in the Peugeot Traveller on our way to the Invictus Pack for the yearly Vernal Ball. It’s their turn to host this year. In our car are two warriors riding up front then me, my Alpha Jasper, and my Luna Isabelle in the back. It’s an eight-seater, two seats up front, six in the back with three seats facing front and three seats
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I’m still smiling and shaking my head as I resume going through the mail, stopping on a white envelope with my name scrawled on the front. Just what I need today, another letter from my invisible enemy. Before I even open it I link Chris and Vitali to come to my office. I tell Tyson there’s another letter and that I’ll fill him in later. Looking over I see Chris excuse himself from Marcus and quickly shoot out of his chair and rush over to me. I nod for him to go on ahead while my eyes linger on the eyes of my animai. Those beautiful eyes that I got lost in last night, eyes that for a short time held so much adoration for me. How quickly they had turned into something harsh and hurtful. Now their forest depths look at me with confusion and a great deal of concern. His concern makes my heart skip a beat. He stands up as if to come over, but I shake my head. I mouth ‘later’, and he looks torn and frustrated on what to do but ultimately he nods in agreement. I have to handle th
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