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Chapter 109

Auteur: Jessy writes
last update Date de publication: 2026-04-04 05:00:01

The council briefing the following morning began at nine and the room was full by five minutes before the hour, which was itself a form of information about how seriously the pack’s senior members were treating the operation’s parameters now that the gathering was concluded and the work was moving into its next phase.

I took my seat on Daemon’s right and set my notes on the table and looked up and found Selene already seated directly across from me.

We looked at each other for exactly the lengt
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