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“I can’t believe I don’t turn eighteen for another month,” Rosa huffed. We were sat together in my bedroom, getting ready for the annual Mating Ball. Rosa was pouting, her lips bare without their usual swathe of red lipstick. It was unusual to see her without makeup on, but I knew that soon she would look back to normal and then some. We had about two hours until the ball commenced, and we finally got to meet the other three packs in attendance. So far, five of our pack had found their mates in the Silver Shore pack. Hopefully, tonight that number would increase drastically. The only two that I knew even moderately well were Michael and Ellie, who had quickly become the source of many jokes around the reservation. They surpassed even the grandest legends of the mate bond; they were near constantly entwined, not kissing, just holding one another and staring into their eyes. It was sweet, really, and underneath the ligh

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When I next awoke there was silence, save for a soft rustling sound that I presumed to be bracken and trees. There was some light streaming through the fabric of my blindfold now, too, and I felt more together than when I’d last been conscious. I shifted each individual part of my body, trying to decipher where I’d been restrained and how this time. It seemed as though they really had left my legs free, which seemed like an incredible oversight to me. It was one I would happily take, however, as it increased my chances of escape. My arms ached from being tied up above my head, and my pinkie finger felt sore and swollen, but unlike last time they’d been left tied together, rather than to separate arms of the chair. My fingers could touch each other. As I took stock of my body, I too reached inside of myself, searching for any feeling that would indicate my wolf’s presence. There was still nothing, and I sighed. I was used to feeling her in th