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Chapter 38: The Man Who Looked Concerned

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Alarick

The story was everywhere by mid-morning.

I had it open on my screen and I kept refreshing it. Every time I did, the count climbed. The neutral markets had it. The trade boards had it. The packs that leaned Bloodmoon were already repeating it like they'd seen it themselves.

I'd wanted this.

That was what I kept telling myself, and it kept not being true. The spreading didn't touch the part that mattered. She was marked. Kieran's mark. And every wolf with a phone knew it now.

I read the s
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