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First Success

مؤلف: Juno Sparks
last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-02-03 06:11:51
POV: Callum Brennan

Location: Various Rookeries Locations

Time: Three Weeks Into Recruitment

The recruitment's working. Better than expected. Three weeks and we've gone from twenty-five wolves to forty wolves. Not army. But growing force.

I'm reviewing numbers with Tom when he reports the successes.

"Theft operation's funding supplies. We're pulling in about five hundred pounds weekly. Enough to buy food, medical equipment, basic necessities." Tom shows me the accounts. "Fae contacts are helping
Juno Sparks

Author's Note: First successes. Forty wolves recruited. Theft operation funding everything. Media building expose. Parliament delayed three weeks. Fifteen wolves saved from going feral. Three children rescued. Silas's blackmail positioned. And Beta Declan defects from Cormac's pack. Pack wolf voluntarily joining packless resistance. That's paradigm shift. That's proof the organization works. Sibyl's success rate improves to 51%. Four of seven futures lead to survival. Progress. Small victories. Building momentum. Seven weeks until hunters. But Marcus is Mordaunt's spy and nobody knows. If you enjoyed this story LIKE it and add to your library. Also VOTE for it so it will be shared with more readers. — J

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