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Chapter 57

Author: Aurora
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Owen's POV

"Absolutely not. I won't risk my pack for your crusade."

Alpha Weston Hale glared at me across his office desk. He was the fifth pack leader I'd approached about joining our fight against The Covenant. And the fifth to refuse.

"It's not a crusade. It's about protecting all supernatural beings from an organization that's been kidnapping, torturing, and experimenting on wolves for decades." I pushed the evidence folder across his desk. "Look at these files. Wolves from your region. Disappeared over the past ten years. All taken by Covenant operatives."

"Those are unverified allegations."

"Those are documented facts. We have testimony from freed prisoners. Financial records. Even confessions from captured Covenant members." I leaned forward. "Alpha Hale, I'm not asking you to attack facilities. Just provide safe houses for freed prisoners. Help us protect wolves who have nowhere else to go."

"And make myself a target? No thank you. My pack has stayed neutral in supernatural po
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