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Chapter 52

Penulis: Shana Allen
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-09-18 10:39:44
OCTAVIA.

The low hum of voices wrapped around me as I sat at the long dining table.

The King family dinner was something that had occurred multiple times since Roman brought me to the pack. I had to admit that it felt awkward at first, sitting among them with their easy familiarity that living together for years brought to them.

I had felt like an outsider then, a stranger observing from behind a glass wall, unsure if I belonged among them at all. Six years of solitude and trauma couldn’t be era
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The Luna ceremony will be up next, and that blessing will come in handy.

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