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Blood, Sweat, and Sass

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The courtyard smelled like sweat, steel, and arrogance.

Lycans—dozens of them—watched me with open disdain. Warriors, broad-shouldered and scarred, their golden eyes gleaming with the kind of superiority only immortality and raw power could give.

To them, I was nothing. A wolf. A rogue. A pup who had stumbled into the wrong playground.

“Bring the mutt to the circle,” one sneered as I stepped forward, still aching from the fight with Kael the day before. My ribs burned, my skin pulled tight over bruises, but I wasn’t about to limp in front of this crowd.

“Mutt?” I echoed sweetly, plastering on a smile. “That’s adorable. You must’ve practiced that insult for hours. Want me to clap?”

Snickers broke out among the younger Lycans, quickly silenced by their seniors’ glares. The sneering one bared his teeth. “Watch your tongue, wolf. You won’t have it when we’re done with you.”

“Aw, foreplay already?” I tilted my head. “At least buy me dinner first.”

More laughter, quickly stifled. I l
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