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Chapter 71

Author: Cara Anderson
last update publish date: 2026-05-14 10:49:00
Nicolai

Throughout the first full day of events, Skye and I maintain our distance.

When we pass in hallways, it's with polite greetings. "Alpha Woolf." "Luna Vale."

When we're seated near each other at functions, we make brief, neutral conversation about trade agreements, regional pack politics, and I’m struck by just how knowledgeable she is. It’s clear her role as Luna of Ironwood pack is more than surface level.

Still, our interactions never venture into anything personal. Nothing that could
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Katy
so he must be her second chance mate which means she'll probably end up with him after....imagine her kid was his mate that shes pregnant with nd thats the pull but I doubt it
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