“Oh! Hello, Mrs. Gable,” I said, the words tinged with a disappointment I desperately tried to mask with an awkward smile. My pulse, which had quickened at the thought of Malcolm's arrival, now settled into a dull throb of letdown.Mrs. Gable stood there on the porch, her silver hair pinned back in a neat bun that spoke of old-world propriety, even in our pack's more relaxed circles. She was a Beta through and through sturdy, unyielding, with lines etched around her eyes from years of quiet observation and sharper-than-average senses that missed nothing. In her gnarled hands, she clutched a thick, cream-colored envelope, sealed with an official wax stamp that gleamed faintly in the morning light. It wasn't the flimsy cardboard package I'd first assumed; no, this was something more formal, more ominous, its edges crisp and unyielding.“Sweetie,” she began, her voice a warm rasp honed by decades of neighborly gossip and pack council whispers, “I found a misdelivered letter this morn
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