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54. A Step Forward
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2025-03-10 01:00:50I blinked at her for a second, then another. A full minute passed as my brain was trying to understand while dancing around the more important information. It made sense that neither of us felt one another if she didn’t have a wolf. It wasn’t that she was attached to anyone else, it was that she didn’t have access to the instinct. In that vein, Onan wouldn’t be able to connect with her as well.
On a less important note, it was a she-wolf. While my father and Damian had both had she-wolves for mates, that wasn’t necessarily the norm for our family. My Grandfather, as well as his father, both had male mates. So it happened but I had a she-wolf. That was new news.
‘She’s not yet eighteen.’
I winced. ‘Onan, I was trying...’
He snorted. ‘Think of everything else but that? Yes, I know. That’s why I said it. They are underaged. That doesn’t mean much exce
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