I paused as my grey eyes widened with disbelief, staring down at the ink over his heart, "And when your wolf played in the tribal matches against the northern packs...""There is an old trick in our world called blood-stanching clay and simple linen wraps," Grant murmured."You are quite the reckless beast, you know. Back in the early training cycles, your wolf was just an untested pup! Pack brands are etched into the flesh forever. How could your beast be so sure our paths would cross again when we grew up?"At the end of the day, it was just youthful naivety, wasn't it? The pure, unyielding impulsiveness of a young male wolf marking his territory before the hunt even began!"My inner beast never calculated that far into the seasons. When your wolf returned the scent-letters I left at the border markers, I truly believed it was your way of rejecting the bond entirely." So after that dark cycle, he didn't dare to dream about a future in the same den."Your wolf thought I rejected you,
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