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Chapter 17

Author: Mordsith
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-14 15:40:58
Anna’s pov

I kept low and close to the back of the packhouse, as stealthy as I could manage. I knew where they would post guards; I knew how easy enough they were to avoid. It wasn’t as if it was my first time.

I often wondered if any of my kind ever considered breaking in, but nobody would have thought twice about a person like me. A person who had once called this place home. Who had once been the Alpha’s mate.

I saw a maid loitering by one of the back entrances—a young, terrified-looking thing holding a folded laundry basket in a death grip.

With a smile I knew I had this in the bag as I approached her.

“Yo,” I called out, coming into sight.

She saw me and shuddered as I placed a finger to my lips.

“Be quiet and don’t alert anyone.”

“M-Miss Anna?” Her eyes were wide with fear.

“Yes. It’s me. I’m not going to hurt anyone. I just want to see someone.”

Now she was curious as to who I was here to see.

“My lady, alpha Dante forbids us from interacting wi
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