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Puck Destiny : A Triplet's Claim 134
INKA'S POVThe emergency bell rang at three in the morning.I was on my feet before I was fully awake, white robe pulled on with shaking hands, Sister Claire already at the door."What's happening?" I asked."I don't know." She was pale. "That bell only rings for—""Zunter." Ruth's voice from the corridor. Already dressed, already moving. "Everyone to the main hall. Now."*The main hall was controlled chaos.Elder Thaddeus stood at the center, completely calm in a way that made everything feel more frightening not less. Brother Marcus was beside him. Sister Leah had the children gathered in a tight cluster—Ana pressed against her side, Thomas gripping the twins' hands, everyone wide-eyed and silent in the particular way frightened children go silent.Hunter, Seth, and Zane were already there.Hunter's eyes found me the second I walked in. He crossed the room in four strides and stopped directly in front of me. Not touching. Just close. A wall between me and whatever was coming."How
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INKA'S POV I found Ruth in the medical room after lunch. She was restocking shelves, back to me."I talked to them," I said.Ruth didn't turn around. "I know. Elder Thaddeus told me.""What did you think?""I think you set reasonable conditions." She moved a bottle from one shelf to another. "I think they agreed too quickly.""You think they're lying?""I think they believe what they said. Whether they can follow through is a different question." She finally turned. "People always mean what they say in the moment. It's six months from now that matters. A year from now. When pack politics get complicated and pack instinct kicks in and it's easier to default to old patterns.""I know.""And?""And I decided to try anyway." I crossed my arms. "Not because I'm certain. Because staying paralyzed by uncertainty wasn't working."Ruth studied me for a long moment."Forty-seven days," she said finally."Forty-seven days.""A lot can happen in forty-seven days.""A lot has already happened in
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INKA'S POVI didn't sleep.Not because of the baby, or morning sickness, or the mate bond pulling in my chest.Because Elder Thaddeus was right and I knew it and knowing it was the most terrifying thing I'd felt in months.By the time dawn meditation started, I'd already made up my mind.I just didn't know what to do with that yet.**Meditation was impossible. I sat on my cushion while Elder Thaddeus's voice guided the community through breathing exercises and I stared at the floor and thought about Graham's face when he saw my hand on my stomach.Thought about Hunter saying *I don't know what I'll be like out there. But I know I don't want to lose you again.*Thought about the baby moving under my palm while all three of them stood there completely undone."Inka."I looked up. Everyone else had already left the meditation temple. Elder Thaddeus stood in front of me."You weren't here," he said."I was thinking.""I noticed." He sat cross-legged on the cushion across from me. "About
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INKA'S POV "That's all I'm asking," Hunter said."Is it?" Graham held his gaze. "Because what you're asking, Hunter, is for me to choose my son over my pack's political structure. To challenge three council members and everything Miranda has built over the past months. To stake my own reputation on documents obtained through questionable means." A pause. "That's considerably more than 'all you're asking.'"Hunter was quiet for a moment."You're right," he said. "I know what I'm asking. I know the cost." He held his father's gaze. "I'm asking anyway."Graham's jaw shifted. Just slightly."Forty-eight more days," he said."Forty-eight days," Hunter confirmed."I'll hold the vote as long as I can." Graham glanced at the two council members beside him—a look that communicated something political and complicated that I didn't fully understand. "But don't ask me to promise more than that."He turned to leave.Then stopped.Without turning back around: "The girl. Inka."My breath caught."I
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INKA'S POV Ruth burst through the kitchen door so hard it slammed against the wall. "We have a problem." Sister Leah looked up from the stove. I looked up from the vegetables I was chopping. "Alpha Graham is at the ward line. With two council members." Ruth's jaw was tight. "And he doesn't look like he came to negotiate." The kitchen went very still. I set down my knife. ** By the time we reached the main courtyard, half the sanctuary had already gathered. Sister Claire had pulled the children back toward the dormitory—I caught a glimpse of Ana's wide eyes before Claire steered her away. Brother Marcus stood near the garden entrance, expressionless but watchful. Elder Thaddeus was already at the ward line. And on the other side of it—Alpha Graham Blackwood. Taller than I remembered. Broader. His presence filled the space outside the ward line the way Alpha presence always did—like the air became heavier around him. Two men flanked him. Council members I recognized from pac
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INKA'S POV I helped Sister Maya with some sewing—her hands were too swollen from pregnancy to manage the fine work properly. We sat in the garden in comfortable silence. "The boys are struggling," Maya said after a while. "They're trying." "Trying and succeeding are different things." She bit off a thread. "But struggling is how you learn. If they were breezing through this, Elder Thaddeus would be more concerned, not less." "Ruth thinks they'll never fit here." "Ruth thought the same about you. Remember your first week?" I did remember. The bread that was wrong consistency. The overwatered plants. The cutting board incident. Ruth's sharp words in the kitchen. "I didn't make a child feel worthless." "No. You made yourself feel worthless instead." Maya looked at me. "Which is worse?" The question settled uncomfortably. "Seth needs to fix it with Thomas himself," Maya continued. "Without your help. Without Hunter or Zane's help. He needs to find his own way to reach that chi
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