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Krista*The effect was almost immediate. Heads turned, whispers began and then the crowd parted. I didn’t have to push my way through. The wolves simply moved aside, creating a path for me as naturally as water giving way to something dropped into it.I walked forward and the sight waiting for me made the irritation that had been simmering inside my chest sharpen. At the center of the gathering stood a middle-aged woman. Her blond hair had been pulled into a tight bun. Several strands of gray threaded visibly through it. Her face was flushed with anger, but there were tears gathered in her eyes. I knew immediately that she had to be Cassidy.Behind her stood a young female wolf, perhaps in her early teens, who looked so much like Cassidy that there could be no question of their relationship. The same blond hair. The same sharp cheekbones. The same blue eyes, though the girl's were wide with worry.And in front of Cassidy stood a young boy. My gaze caught on him. He could not have bee

Krista*I lowered my gaze to the parchment again. The wording was somewhat complicated, filled with the sort of formal language that had probably sounded important to whoever drafted it and irritating to everyone forced to read it afterward.But the meaning was clear enough. I raised my voice. “Let us see exactly what this says.”The crowd quieted. Even Cassidy seemed to stop breathing. I read the relevant passage aloud. It did not say that the land permanently belonged to Mac, nor did it simply grant him permission to occupy it until his death. Instead, the document stated that the warrior and his direct descendants shall retain the right to occupy and cultivate the land for as long as they remain members of the Red Moon pack.Iwan immediately jumped on the wording, pointing at the parchment in my hands as if he had been waiting for the opportunity.“Exactly,” he said loudly. “Occupy is not own.”The crowd murmured. I looked down at the faded document once more, running my eyes over