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12: Cassie Marlowe
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2026-09-20 07:42:00ZOREN
I give Cassie three hours. When the fourth hour passes without a sign of her, the low unease in my chest sharpens. Charging out of the office we were in hours ago, I find Nicole, one of the she-wolves who lives in the pack house.
“Have you seen Cassie? Cassie Marlowe?”
The new last name is like poison on my tongue.
Nicole shakes her head, worry flickering across her face. “No. Not since this evening. I thought she was with you&md
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