Talia was the only person in Bournemouth who treated Nessa like she actually mattered. Publicly, Talia was known as a Black Wolf from the family of the Knox, wealthy, socially accepted, and comfortably placed, but she lacked the arrogant obsession with wolf ranks that consumed everyone else at the academy.Loud, reckless, and impossible to intimidate, Talia had chosen Nessa as her best friend years ago and had never cared what the rest of the student body thought.Though last term, they hadn't shared a single class, which was the main reason Nessa had suffered the worst months of her life without Talia there to step in and draw the bullies away. But hopefully, this session, the schedule gods would be kinder.Talia's thick dark curls bounced as she threw her arms open dramatically. “Well?” she beamed. “What do you think of my baby?”Nessa laughed softly, the tension in her shoulders easing a fraction. “It’s beautiful, Talia.”“I know,” Talia said proudly, before genuflecting dramatic
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