Damian snatched the agreement."This doesn't count."He crumpled the paper, then, as if afraid of damaging something, hurried to smooth it out again."I just wanted her to listen.""She wouldn't have signed before."The nurse held the pen out to my father.He didn't take it.He kept staring at my chest. There was no breathing there, only the cut-open pajamas.My mother reached to straighten my collar.The buttons had been cut off. No matter how she tried, she couldn't close it.From the preparation room came Chloe's voice."Mom, I'm scared."My mother turned instinctively.I looked too.My sister stood by the door wrapped in a blanket, tears already falling."Is it because of me that Sis..."She didn't finish.Usually, when she got to this point, my father would go over and hold her.This time, he only asked the witch, "Why didn't you find out beforehand that she had no wolf spirit?"The witch produced the trial file.The first page read: A wolf-spirit strength screening must be comple
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