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08 Talking To No One

Author: Jenne Lopes
last update publish date: 2026-02-09 20:39:51

Sera

Night fell fast, and with it, the temperature plummeted. We had three fires going, but the heat didn't seem to travel more than six inches past the flames. I sat on a log by the middle fire, pulling the wagon fur around my shoulders, shivering so hard my teeth were literally clicking together.

A shadow fell over me. A second fur, heavier and smelling strongly of woodsmoke, dropped onto my shoulders.

I looked up, expecting Fenris. It was the two-fingered warrior again.

"Alpha says you're co
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Cynthia
He could be talking to his dead brother or his wolf? Maybe some other type of magic?
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KA
Very possibly talking with his wolf?
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