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Chapter 33 – Two

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The naming ceremony was held on the last Saturday in January.

Rosa had been planning for three weeks and it showed — the main hall was warm and close and full of the smell of good food and pine, and every pack member who could be there was there, and a handful of elder guests from neighboring packs who had sent requests through formal channels that Julian had approved and Claire had quietly vetted. The whole region had been feeling what Adler described. Claire could see it in the number of peop
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