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Chapter 10

Author: Toniperi
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“Your hair has a lovely texture.” Clara compliments running a brush through my curls.

I smile at her in return, staying still on my seat in front of the mirror to allow her work uninterrupted.

A day of pacing aimlessly through the gardens, eating and doing nothing but bore around in my room went by.

And when night came, I had prayed to everything in me that they would be a change of plans by morning.

If only wishes were horses…

When Clara came in to wake me up so we could start up on getting me all primed and ready, I was already long awake.

Sleep was now becoming an illusion that continued to evade me every night.

I was going to have to pay a visit to the library and borrow a book or two.

Reading through the night would be better than staring up at the ceiling until the sun came peeking.

“How long have you served the pack?” I ask, and can feel her hesitation to answer, her movement halting.

Maybe it was too soon to ask such questions, or I was starting to get ahead of myself with the
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