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CHAPTER 9: Lessons

Author: Calista Nyx
last update publish date: 2026-08-21 16:12:45

I woke to sunlight streaming through the gaps in the boarded windows and the smell of coffee.

For a confused moment, I thought I was back in the apartment above the laundromat. Then I heard Ash and Ryder's voices, bright and energetic, and reality crashed back.

Pack house. Silvermoon territory. Two mates. One homicidal brother. A father-in-law who'd murdered my parents.

Just a normal Tuesday.

I sat up, my neck protesting from sleeping in the chair. Caden was gone, but Ezra remained by the windo
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