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31 • Ulterior Motives

Author: Lorea Ashe
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-04-11 22:35:33
The Blue Ridge Pack lived in the mountains about an hour’s drive from the city, just outside of a small but bustling town. The town was full of humans, but their packhouse was a larger house tucked into a clearing with a couple of cabins located around the property. The area was big enough for the whole pack, so they were scattered in and around the town.

About ten wolves stayed at the packhouse full time, including Leonard and Daryl. Daryl’s wife was a human and worked as a nurse at the local hospital. There was an almost relaxed and settled atmosphere that was missing when Daniel came here a year ago.

He could also see fresh repairs done to a few of the buildings, a large garden on the side of the house, and chickens foraging. The dirt road was freshly scraped and gravel put down in the potholes. Judd was waiting with Leonard on the porch in rocking chairs when the two pulled in and Leonard greeted him warmly.

Leonard was a changed man from a year ago. The hopeless desperation was g
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