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CHAPTER Fifty One — Seven Days

Author: Souldraft
last update publish date: 2026-04-23 05:45:21

Damian’s POV

The first message arrived before dawn. A formal pack communication delivered through the old channels the wolf world used when something required acknowledgment rather than conversation.

A single line from the Alpha of North Ridge. Luca brought it to me while I stood at the study window, watching the manor grounds emerge in the early gray light.

He placed the message on the desk, which I took and read twice. “How many wolves have acknowledged it?”

“That’s the only formal communica
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