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Author: Lady Babe
last update publish date: 2026-09-26 00:40:12

"Ms. Joxie Whitlock's specialized wolf-blood potion is not problematic at all," Dr. Ford Gilbert says, his voice flat and stern as he turns to glare at Maureen Gilbert. "In fact, without her tincture, Grandmother Pearl Whitlock would not be sitting in this private ward right now. She would be lying in the intensive care unit at the Pack Healing Center with a failing core."

Maureen freezes in the middle of the doorway, her manicured claws digging into her leather handbag as her face drains of al
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