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The Professor's Mate Clause Chapter 4
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The Professor's Mate Clause Chapter 2
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The Professor's Mate Clause AURORA'S POV
I grow up hearing stories about my parents long before I fully understand them.To me, they are just Mama and Daddy. The people who argue over whether Kai should be allowed to climb the eastern cliffs unsupervised. The people who pretend not to notice when Ember sneaks pastries before dinner. The people who still hold hands during meetings as if touching each other is as natural as breathing. But to the rest of the supernatural world, they are something larger. Symbols. Revolutionaries. The two wolves who changed laws that had stood for centuries and somehow survived long enough to watch the world rebuild itself around their choices.It isn't until I'm seventeen that I finally understand the true weight of that legacy.The realization comes on the morning of the Unity Ceremony, an event held every five years to celebrate the alliances formed after the war with the Northern Coalition. Delegates from every major faction gather in our territory now, wolves, witches, fae, vampires, and hy
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