"Rex——!!" I screamed in anguish, crawling toward him on my hands and knees, pulling his still-warm body against my chest. His eyes remained open, as if reluctant to leave, as if taking one final look at me. No matter how I called to him, no matter how I shook him, he didn't respond. My dearest childhood companion, my brother's battlefield comrade, our pack's hero—he had died trying to save me, murdered by these vicious creatures.My tears mixed with the blood on my face, dripping onto Rex's lifeless fur.Celeste still wasn't satisfied. She walked over and deliberately stepped on Rex's corpse with her blood-stained shoe, sneering coldly: "Stupid mutt should have known better!"Just then, my phone on the floor began ringing.The banquet must be starting soon.My brother was calling to have me bring Rex to meet the Alpha Council elders.Seeing the contact name on my phone, Celeste snorted: "Ha, 'Brother'? How sweet! You little whore, you really think you're something special, don't you?"
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