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Chapter 7

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After I hung up, I turned my phone off completely.

Three days later, the Council's review results came back. All thirty-eight rulings were upheld. Scores voided. Status revoked to rogues. The last shred of hope—the last pathetic excuse to lie to themselves—was gone.

The next day, someone started pounding on my door. Hard enough to shake the whole floor. I looked through the peephole.

The hallway was packed. Vera stood at the front, Jasper and the rest of the pack crammed in behind her.

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