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Chapter 68: Protected

Penulis: Max Shinabery
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-29 03:33:05

Kieran

By eight the next morning, I had slept for exactly forty-three minutes.

Mara had slept more. Barely.

She was upstairs above the clinic with Tessa, surrounded by three wolves outside the building, two across the street, and Rhett somewhere close enough that I could smell him every time the wind changed.

Mara had objected.

Then I pointed at the shattered front window.

She told me to go to hell. But she stopped arguing.

I considered that a victory. A temporary one, the kind that never last
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woodrocketdog
Thanks for the update. I really hope Cassian and/or Rhett aren’t involved. I’m sure Vivienne is involved. And other elders
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Anissa Magee
good chapter, I also think her mother is helping someone. I wonder who is Selene's mate or who the want to be the Alpha?
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B reader
I think it was her mother who sent the killers.
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