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328 A Gift

Author: Jenne Lopes
last update publish date: 2026-07-03 00:34:48
Sera

"Why?" He asked.

I didn't answer. I'd had the whole evening to build a reason and I'd built three, and standing there with my hands on his chest my reasons were starting to feel scrambled.

He watched me as I saw the gears move behind his eyes.

"The child," he said. "You want the man to know about the child."

That genuinely surprised me.

“What? No."

It came out fast and flat and truer than I meant it to.

It wasn't about Kane knowing. Kane could go his whole life not knowing and I'd lose no
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Fenris is THE IDEAL mate, the way he's raised and surrounded by people he should be doubting Sera a whole lot, but he truly loves her unconditionally and when he accepted the child, he's beyond THE WINNING line of good mates. Sera and him are made for each other, she's skittish but she loves him.
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