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Chapter 7: Lukas

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I stared at the territorial dispute document before me, resisting the urge to incinerate it with a flick of my lighter. The Northern Packs had been squabbling over the same stretch of hunting grounds for three generations, each Alpha more stubborn than the last. Now they expected me, the Alpha King, to settle their petty grievances when there were genuine threats requiring my attention. I set my pen down and leaned back in my leather chair, the ancient wood creaking beneath me like a warning. A
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