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Eventually, with my arms full, I found Nicholas still in the fantasy section. He was engrossed in a thick hardcover, his brow furrowed in concentration. “Find something good?” I asked, approaching him. “Possibly. But I think you might like this one.” He handed me a paperback with an image of a woman wielding a sword on the front. I read the title aloud. “‘The Lycan Chronicles.’ Hmm, never heard of it.” “It’s a fantasy series,” he explained, still flipping through his own book. “Great world-building, complex characters...” He glanced up and smirked. “Plus, it has some... steamy scenes.”

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"I don't like uniforms." That made her smile. “Tell me Grace, why did you choose the Venator's path? Of course I know your background, but it's still a bit unusual for a young girl like you. You seem to be very intelligent and in other jobs you would certainly have a better future in front of you, in which you could earn a lot more. In addition, in the male domain of the Venators it is not always easy for a woman. I speak from my own experience. "

There was a small box in the corner of the room, near the bed, that I hadn't noticed before. "Eh? "When did that thing arrive?" I approached, my gaze fixed on the object. The box was crafted from old wood and featured delicate and intricate carvings. "Is this another clue to the werewolf legend?" I stroked the box, but there was no magical energy or sensation. Everything felt ordinary, as if it were just a regular box that had been beautifully carved. I opened the box, my heart racing. It's only a book. No, unlike the Grimoire I kept, this is just a regular, thick book.

The shuffle of hangers, the low hum of a dusty radio playing soft rock in the background, the occasional exclamation from a customer who’s found a hidden gem. In the back corner, I discover a wooden crate filled with books. My fingers hover over the spines, titles half faded, pages worn. I crouch down and start flipping through them, the paper whispering under my touch. Valerie appears beside me a moment later with a woven basket in one hand and a sequined scarf slung dramatically around her neck. “Any treasure?” she asks, crouching beside me. “Not sure yet,” I murmur, pulling out a leather bound book with a cracked spine. The title is barely legible. Myths of the Forgotten Realms. My breath

she found herself saying. With a sigh of comfort, Rose lowered her arm to her side. "You inquired what you look like. Gorgeous, mistress. As always." said automatically, with no substantial feeling. Half of Grace’s awareness remained on her while the other half was directed at the book. She scowled. The dark leather was unmarred. She flipped to the middle. There was no bookmark, and the pages were new and fresh. Blank. "This isn’t my book," she mumbled. "Where’s my book? Where? This is-"

“Fancy another round? But in our other form this time.” “I—Y-Yeah, sure,” the agent stammers, the audience now anticipating an interesting fight. A referee appeared from the sidelines, signaling both of them to shift. It didn’t take long for the sounds of bones crushing and skin tearing to fill the corners of the training quarters. Her opponent’s form was a ferocious-looking brown wolf, on the smaller side, but it looked agile and swift. While hers was a bigger jet-black wolf—superior, proud, and unrivaled. It was triple the size of his. Nothing like the one in her dream. Her wolf is arguably the largest in the Ministry, a nod to her Lycan and Alpha wolf lineage.

I could easily ask elders but then. The Blackfrost library was cold and dark at dawn. Torches flickered in iron brackets. The shelves stretched into the darkness...rows and rows of books, journals, scrolls. Centuries of knowledge, and none of it could tell me why I couldn't stop thinking about her. Was there something about her? I read all about griffins and the hybrids of em'. Yet nothing. I searched for hours. Old journals....Accounts of fae glamour and how to break it. Accounts of mate bonds and how they worked. Accounts of wolves who had fallen for women they shouldn't have.

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So why did I still feel like something was… off? “Lyra, could you pass the rosemary?” Jadis asked from across the kitchen counter where we were preparing healing salves for the pack’s medicine stores. “Sure,” I said, sliding the jar over to her. “You’re really good at this. Where did you learn?” “My grandmother,” she said with a soft smile, carefully measuring the herbs. “She was the pack healer before… well, before everything went wrong.” Her smile faltered slightly. “I used to think I’d follow in her footsteps, maybe find a mate who’d appreciate having a healer for a partner.”