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Acknowledged And Respected

Author: Edbless
last update publish date: 2026-08-27 13:12:52

Tristan's POV

I did not lower my guard.

Let me be clear about that, because the version of events that would be easiest to tell goes: the white wolf emerged, the crowd went silent, the combat ended, and everything resolved. Clean and complete.

What actually happened was that Chloe walked into the center of a combat ring between two wolves who had not finished with each other, and Elixir came forward in a way that made the monitoring team step backward and Elder Marcus rise to his feet and th
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  • One Mate Was Never Enough    Acknowledged And Respected

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