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"The Mediator's Victory"

Author: June Calva
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-26 10:10:22

The confrontation Otto had dreaded came two days before his departure for Moonrise Academy.

It started with patrol reports of Blackwood wolves crossing into Moorland territory near the disputed Copper Creek area. Not scouts this time—a full hunting party of eight wolves moving with the confidence of pack members who believed they had every right to be there.

The Moorland response team consisted of twelve wolves, led by James himself. Otto wasn't supposed to be there, but when the emergency call went out, he'd followed at a distance, his Omega instincts screaming that violence was about to destroy everything his family had built.

He arrived at Copper Creek to find two packs facing off across the water, thirty feet of rushing mountain stream and centuries of territorial law between them. The tension was so thick he could taste it—predatory focus and barely contained aggression radiating from both sides.

"Alpha Blackwood." James's voice carried across the clearing with formal authority.
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