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Chapter Forty-four - The Ceremony
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The Alpha's Christmas Sin Chapter Forty-four - The Ceremony
Damian’s POVBy the time Ava and I reached the clearing after Harold’s office at Ten in the morning, the ceremony had already started, which meant every wolf in Ashmoon territory was already watching. It was dark already.I heard them before I saw them. The low murmur of voices, the shift of paws on dirt, the restless energy of wolves gathered for something important. The Ashmoon territory had always felt ancient, and tonight the forest felt… awake as if the land itself was waiting.Ava walked beside me, quieter than usual. Her eyes moved through the trees, taking in the sounds, the scent of wolves, the strange electricity humming through the air. And given her personality i knew she wasn’t afraid. But she felt it. Anyone with instincts would.The moon hung high above the clearing, its pale light spilling through the branches and beneath it stood the pack. Dozens of wolves filled the clearing. Too many eyes. Too many witnesses... Some in human form, and others fully wolf, massive shad
The Alpha's Christmas Sin Chapter Forty-three — The Morning After Everything
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The Alpha's Christmas Sin Chapter Forty-two -What Comes With Evening
Damian's POVElena Pierce arrived at six exactly. I had not met her properly before. I had been aware of her long before Ava moved into the manor. The cousin who had reviewed the contract and advised her to sign it, the doctor who had known about the Ashmoon bloodline and carried that knowledge quietly for years at Nadia’s request.I had known her role in Ava’s life the way I knew most things about Ava in those early weeks, through careful observation and the deliberate attention of someone who understood that the people surrounding her were just as important as the circumstances surrounding her. But knowing someone and meeting them were two different things.She stepped into the entrance hall and paused. Her gaze moved slowly across the manor with the calm evaluation of someone used to processing environments. Noting details, withholding conclusions until she had gathered enough evidence to justify them. Then she looked at me and the assessment sharpened. I understood what she was d
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