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Ivy slowly opened her eyes and realised that she cried herself to sleep. They were72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGRKo82SKV
caked slightly, and her lashes were stuck to her cheeks. She looked around at72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzX1ZtH3cO
her surroundings and found that she was still in the trunk. She thought the fumes from the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UmyFFrpnl
exhaust assisted with knocking her out because the stench was awful. Ivy’s72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MXtz9jRKf
head was foggy, and she knew that Catori must have been feeling the effects72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgYIgITKJ1
too. Ivy tried mind-linking with her wolf, with no response. She realised that72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpe8Fo2dc7
she was still untied and so began to quietly look for an object to assist her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBp9OZnfT8
to escape. There was nothing to be found, nothing to even try to pick the lock.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6elhY0uCkp
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The car slowed to a halt, and she could hear muffled voices outside, moving slowly in her direction. I hope Dad has heard what has happened and has72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2OZ4Ttxc7
tried to find me, she thought. In the past Ivy’s father had roadblocked the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CuhhW3d7M
streets and made his Scouts and Sentinels search the entire area for other72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZXvb81ZzY
members that went missing. The car jerked forward, and Ivy smacked her head72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1V40zB0rv
hard on the side of the car. She lifted her hand to her head, and it felt wet72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRckXmK4RYp
with blood. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5ZU5P6PBL
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“Bloody dick heads!” she yelled, not sure if they heard. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt2erhHEcz
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The car was still creeping forward and there were loud horns blaring in the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcGD2TVuBe
distance, which indicated a new arrival. The car stopped once again, and the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvgAheMBz1
Rogues immediately got out of the car. Their footsteps came around to the back72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDqP0VhNa5
of the car. Ivy knew that she should have her used her instincts to run as soon72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhflqO6WBd
as they opened the trunk, but she felt exhausted from crying and the exhaust72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX7YYiKSc5
fumes kept her drowsy. The trunk opened and Ivy expected the sunlight to burn72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw8d3cFkJa
her eyes, but instead she was met with the moon glaring down at her, high in72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSliKZlQ79
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One of the Rogues hauled her over her shoulders, and she took a glance back72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYNSjOl5WN
towards the car. The moonlight revealed bunches of wolfsbane wedged around the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RlFQBb5F7
side of the boot where she was positioned. There was no wonder why she and Catori felt awful. Wolfsbane is a poison for her kind. When you touch it with bare72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN9uyVa0aZ
skin, it burns to high heaven. Ivy’s father tried soak-bathing her in wolfsbane72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEec62KruG
when she was younger to try to build a tolerance for it and all Ivy remembers72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc1T1pVyjA
was that it was hell. She still has scars from the burning. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o0tbgjqcK
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“Come on, can’t keep the Alpha waiting, can you walk now?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7pHzXCLwU
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She nodded.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzUEtIkSX3
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The Rogue, who had changed his attitude dramatically since helping to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lbEJN5bY4
massacre and desecrate Ivy’s school, lowered her to her feet. She stumbled for a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CRvw7vOcT
moment, and tried to gain her balance and at the same time, drastically searched for a way72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi26OnlRBS9
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Looking around, Ivy could see nothing but a barren wasteland. There were no72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Au6WwwL6D
trees, no green and the only thing surrounding them was steel, upon steel of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJLpWtrAMV
ten-foot-high walls of sold concrete. The wolves were wearing armour so thick,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGEKEQ3Le5
that they would have had to stay in their wolf forms to even hold it. Ivy took72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFfvMZZ3Dt
notice of the Sentinels that guarded the gate and took note of the lever that72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGf7XhJ02R
opens and closes; the only way out. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVNRDw77Mc
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There were a few haybales backed up to the side of the gate, which would allow72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hiAyY9wyK
for an easy getaway, but Ivy was certain that there would be nothing on the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcMdxybg6O
other side to protect her fall. Just a ten-foot drop to her death. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS6XQYBAWp
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The Rogues surrounding Ivy nudged her along, and towards the dirt pathway that led to the packs house. At the end of the path stood a huge castle-looking fortress. This looked nothing like the pack hall at home which was72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNdpEvR3Jl
beautiful and quaint. This castle fortress was made of thick concrete and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w8zb3QkKu
looked cold. This was not a home; this was a death sentence.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoIQLnPfbN
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Ivy stepped forwards, one foot at a time and she noticed that the Guards and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULrwSx8FIC
Sentinels didn’t even look down as they passed through. They had a glazed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7C9nw9u99
look over their eyes which only meant one thing. They were under Alpha command.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyAefecHuY
How long have they been like this? Surely their human forms are going crazy, Ivy thought. She tried to form a mind-link and reach out but only to be met72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGpUfgja3G
with blockage from the Alpha command. They had all been completely locked72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdV1evOf7x
out and all control has been given to their wolf forms. As they reached the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OnkW9v6Ix
thick concrete stairs that led into the fortress, Ivy saw that there were72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijS2VBJ61k
no windows either and the silence that surrounded them was deafening. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3PFbtiXHK
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“Where are all the women and children?” Ivy asked, mainly to herself, under her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTJHofADfQ
breath.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfx0eZ4Ou0
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One of the Rogues made eye contact and almost triumphantly gleamed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaxxwCZs4B
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The doors immediately opened, with a loud thud and standing before them were72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B5PPT7ak1
ten women, minimum. They were wearing raggedy robes and had tousled hair. The72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAv1zi0FmV
women silently looked at Ivy up and down and then reached towards her to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTIWlrLN6c
grab at her arms and gesture inside. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVW6MaJP16
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Ivy reluctantly moved forward but was pushed hard by the Rogues behind her. One72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIuKqQ23Be
woman spoke in a hushed whisper to the lead Rogue and gestured them inside and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKQZy2QOmp
down a corridor. The other nine women took hold of Ivy and led her in the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbZGszSZXG
opposite direction towards a staircase. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVzLU8GLTO
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The women took her to a bedroom which boasted a huge king size, four-posted bed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoJE4MFRwS
which was quilted with gold and ruby colours. Furthermore, there were open72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA8VKbI644
wardrobes full of gowns and an adjoining bathroom. One woman moved towards the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oNOdbx81b
bathroom and started to run a bath. The steam from the hot water slowly drifted72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDiRdmZCth
out of the doorway and the scent of rose petal, milk and honey had left Ivy72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkE33dfglN
longing for it. A woman spoke, startling Ivy.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDUPNaFv9l
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“This is your quarters, Miss Ivy, we have been expecting you. Please bath, gown72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0hwg8iKj0
and meet Alpha in the dining room.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhRwnvQXXR
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The woman stood slightly taller, “You have thirty minutes.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLjx1L12rm
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All nine of them quickly rushed out of the room, leaving Ivy alone. They72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmRV4jRjOw
probably cook as well.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uGn1CxHEx
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“Ivy, can you see a way out? I feel uneasy.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtRSDhOt9l
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“I looked when I came in but there is nothing. There aren’t even any72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXV4v4o656
windows in this place and the doors are solid oak. This place was clearly built72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtICT3dHiM
so that no one gets out.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hYUIJy2sl
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Catori growled at Ivy’s response. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuJOHptDv9
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Ivy pulled her hair back behind her ears and walked towards the door to see if72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtB8Kf7ghU
anyone stood the in hallway. Perhaps they could make a quick escape. No sooner as72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPMOQLJhYv
she turned the doorknob to peep out, a dark shadow stood in front of her,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKywlowoDEb
blocking her view. Whoever he was, was wearing big black combat boots and dark72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRofe5Kxf7M
grey jeans, with small tears in the knees. He had chains draping all over them.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23Xmk7cBiH
Ivy started to trail her eyes up further and noticed that he was wearing a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHydatW6s8V
black t-shirt and his face boased a nose-piercing. This was certainly not72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMajZICjkL
what she had imagined. He was tall and his muscles protruded from his jeans and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3p0Nr9fKh
t-shirt. He had black hair and olive skin with deep, dark eyes. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfttaLacKLG
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“Sorry, I was just checking out the scenery,” Ivy squeaked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76WbItniyw
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“You are not bathed,” he said, looking at her messy hair, which still72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtPae3NojU
had blood through it from earlier. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5Gubr1aDq
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“BATHE,” he roared as he pushed Ivy, back through the doorway. She slammed the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBexTS21YDD
door in his face and locked it. His big combat boots marched off down the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMaSUc7LVE
hallway, and to notify his Alpha of the occurrence. Ivy rolled her eyes72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7hiMtA8b9
and let out a sigh. She started to get undressed to get into the bath. Surely,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWOjTsUEaw
I have wasted a good ten minutes out of the thirty. Ivy made sure to close72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpcm4743Sh
the bathroom door with a bang, to ensure it was heard by whoever was stationed close by and then proceeded to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw17o37PnR
lock it. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMV8WaMUWG
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The warmth of the water was perfect and so soft from the milk and honey. The72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvxTnLIT7N
water was soothing from the rose petals and her body relaxed. She dunked72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlEokgIRKF
herself under the water to wash the dried blood from her hair and scrubbed her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaZWsD6048
body clean. For a moment, Ivy seriously considered having a nap but thought72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxebr3GfQ7
that her ass would probably be handed to her, and she did not have the energy72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlEMPN253G
to fight back. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj8LdUYN1k
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BANG! BANG!72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWIzdQQgSX
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“You are late, get out here now and get dressed!” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ62y4ZCgjS
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Ivy recognised the deep low voice anywhere… combat boots man. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91nCcV3yB0
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“Excuse me! I have washed my hair so get out of my room so I can get dressed,”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl0d1Tu7Xt
she yelled back. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph3gSJ8xx2
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“No can do, Miss, under strict orders to watch you.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqge4XIRXf
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“WATCH ME GET DRESSED?” Ivy shrieked.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9aErskLhp
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Silence. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiRxufOlG3
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“No…make sure that you actually make it to dinner.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCgqW3TYV7
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“Well, get out of my bloody room so that I can get dressed.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A4ElJMBfM
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His growl was rough and low, and Ivy was sure that she felt it go through her,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwimPoSdZs4
even through the door. He punched the door and stormed off. Ivy didn't move72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqlFYN9PBG
until she heard the bedroom door close behind him. As soon as the door was72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCFvjZyzRf
closed, combat boots man tried to mind-link with her. His force was powerful72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrU2shcj9K
and strong, and Ivy tried to block him out, but he broke through. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPFtxVA8c1
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“You need more training in that weakling. Get out and get dressed, trust me you72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBxqnbIf7A
do not want to be late; I do not want to be forced into hurting you.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNtIkqU11A
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Ivy scoffed at him. Fear of being hurt, urged her out of the bath and dried72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajSVPjNIq3
herself quickly with the soft, warm towels that were provided by one of the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcQQLRjJKp
women. She unlocked the door and briskly walked to the wardrobe, pulling out72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sW7MnXbeF
any old gown to wear. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIML59pshOl
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Ivy marched to the door in a huff and threw it open which almost startled the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUGxCmEHyR
rude, obnoxious stranger. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ygkdJD4mw
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“I am ready now,” she said sternly, as she made eye contact whilst squinting72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9QeCp21qT
her eyes.
She knew that her reaction was very teenager, but he rolled his eyes72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbzsYiS0d3
in return and ushered her forward down the hall. Ivy stole a glance as he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelTCEqPLzC
continued to push her, and she swore she saw him smirking. Ignoring the smirk72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WDVB79Ex1
Ivy started to storm down the hallway, not actually aware of where was headed,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQiDWTrSMS
but she could hear him chuckling behind her.
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“Left. Right. Now the stairs and take your right.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzFgZs1zho
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Whoever the combat boot man was, Ivy was thankful for allowing her to be in a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8l9viMCHC
mood. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbokIwHiC3i
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She forcefully opened the door to the dining room, and eager to take on whoever72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdS18xgIq6
had dragged her from her territory to this ghastly place. She felt bewildered72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49yZI7kjRC
that whoever this was, may not have known that she was an Alpha’s daughter. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iq57vJUpA
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Straight ahead at the end of a long table, was what looked like a shell of a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4PMQPjcDT
man and Ivy’s anger simmered to nothing short of an extinguished wick. This72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GNAJDWHkR
must be Alpha Harold. This was the man that everyone feared. They feared72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9yluwFx6t
his army, his pack and most of all him, due to his habit of breaking truces and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2t6fppvOP
making decisions erratically. Ivy almost laughed out loud but almost just felt72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNFiGuI2oR
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“She is here, sorry for the tardiness sir,” the stranger growled as he left us72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAgy0OCRZj
alone, and he closed the door behind him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGbOQtNk2O
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The stranger did not call the man Alpha so this must have meant that he was of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8QujCvM5g
the same ranking or his Beta. There was a long silence, dinner is served from72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQecWpWaY0
the same women that escorted Ivy to the room. The spread must have taken more72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIQ5Hg8I7E
than thirty minutes to make. It was all the trimmings, like they prepared for a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX3eD33rO3
banquet. Pork, lamb, almost all the vegetables that Ivy could think of, and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxowkLotCI0
cake was included. Not realising how hungry she was, Ivy’s stomach rumbled72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GC1bC5aRf
loudly through the silence. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFxJrZCo4Y
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“Eat,” commanded Alpha Harold. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfctZyjDPr
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Ivy’s hands shook as she started to load it up with the delicious food in front72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZu07NNOLE
of them. Alpha Harold spoke and startled her, forcing Ivy to drop her fork. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VtEGVysT0
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“You do realise that coming down late for a meal so generously cooked by my72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv2ZRnkkel
pack, is rude and I hate tardiness.” His tone was abrupt and threw Ivy off for a moment. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr7iYZzAa0
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“I do apologise Alpha Harold, but you do realise that coming into my territory,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVEIXNGRzk
hiring Rogues to do your biding, and forcefully bringing me here is also rude.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTOhEIFzDp
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Ivy’s head was hung low, trying to avoid eye contact. She understood that what72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5ku3qhriT
flew out her mouth was snarly and disrespectful. She took a glance in his72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvk4UppOq9
direction under her brow, and saw that he flinched at her words, probably72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbi6gnzggi
something that he was not used to. Everyone else in the fortress trod on72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z5OgPLQ3D
eggshells around him. The newfound courage that Ivy felt, meant that if she was72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsu0GXygOo
going to be his Chosen Mate and Luna of this pack, then he would need to know72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybvFZ7QnFG
his place. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYLSlhkksf
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“You are quite the disrespectful young lady, aren’t you?” he finally spoke. Ivy72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATdnTk2mx9
could sense the tension building in the room.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQblEQcRaZC
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“I guess I am going to have that beat that out of you too?” he questioned. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBkymynEnY
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Regardless of the tension brewing, Ivy still had the courage to keep talking. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hnf71GXFk
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“Why did you bring me here Alpha? What is it that you want?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yFZBuM5Kg
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“Well Miss Ivy, you can blame your father. You see, he sent word to me with72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLNvBXRdlj
condolences for my late Luna and offered you as a buffer. He explained your beauty72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnQOiwuFU6
and rareness of complexion and I thought to myself that there must be some72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZYO0w7a0o
strings attached to this…arrangement. I don’t want ‘strings’ Ivy, so I took72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP1ahOnrTE
you instead,” he smiled with pride and chuckled at his ‘genius’ plan. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgzFqLa8ye
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Still looking down towards her plate, Ivy rolled her eyes. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnN8IeIqC9
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“Now that I see what you truly are and yes, your beauty, I have no intentions72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RHTXltmsR
of taking you home. I decided that if I didn’t like what I saw, I’d take you72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjSjARWP6U
home to your pittance of a territory. Hearing your feisty nature and seeing72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I56v5VXyD
your beauty myself, I might have to just mark you and keep you here,” he72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOok2Aa5tK
laughed.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylNOGzKB1A
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Suddenly Ivy was not so hungry anymore and she lifted her head to watch him72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgdXIPsIQh
devour his food like he hadn’t eaten in days. The sight immediately put her off72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5Djex3kdn
her own meal. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUOPvbAmG8
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Alpha Harold spoke again, “You are eighteen in a few days right?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o4R88M9My
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“Yes,” Ivy conceded.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMqCJGxpYy
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“Are you a virgin?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjKf4QHxm3
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“No,” she lied. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEcT78Dnns
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Ivy did not want to give the man the satisfaction of knowing that he would be72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfixn3sdQRX
taking something sacred from her as well as having the satisfaction of keeping72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuX4dxiw79
her trapped there. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTnbzIORP7
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“Used goods,” he scoffed, “Well your father assured me that you are a virgin,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMDPaF1t62
and you are pure…are you a liar as well?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3frEXQv42
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Ivy was immediately offended, “No, not a liar, my private life is no concern of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUZisFxTPc
my father’s once I reached sixteen. I was hoping that he would not ship me off72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyUmvwfdL1
to some horrendous man like yourself.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkN2V7B4uP
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“Watch your tongue Ivy. You do not know what this man is capable of. His72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsETRhaA0r
wolf is trying to reach me, but I have him blocked.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY16B8yXoN8
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Harold slammed his fist down on the table, which caused Ivy to jump out of her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lkZN04JuW
skin, leaving a trail of goosebumps down her arms. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjoeBm3aTT
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“You will not speak to me like that, where is your respect?” he spat, “I am72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUw7VnNqx6
done playing childish games you brat, if you are to be my Luna you will72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PXmjkmvYD
learning to hang off every command I give you and obey.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gl0cxi3GY
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His voice rose slowly and his cheeks blushed red. Ivy knew that she had72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETZDa2e4Uu
over-stepped her place, but nothing could stop what she was to say next.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKVLisZilm
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“AND if I agree to become your Luna, you will NOT keep me trapped in this cold,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw093dujper
forsaken fortress that you call a home and treat me like I am one of your72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uvMN1qrCt
bloody servants. It is YOUR respect and boundaries that are out of line.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jbCHiFjVN
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“IVY!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO7Ft7syjQ
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Ivy didn’t care that Catori was concerned about this man, it was just him and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1wz7QHup1
her now and she had to stand up for herself otherwise this man was going to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW8HtM1Sa3
walk all over her for the rest of her life and she couldn’t live like that. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sPSDbvOgU
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No quicker than she finished her sentence, Alpha Harold threw his dinner plate72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6wqXvR6E8
across the room and launched himself at her from across the table. Ivy did not72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAooEXh8U2
have time to prepare a defence for herself as he threw her up, off the chair72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7w3eHTbyv
and against the wall with his hand around her throat. Ivy mistook the weary man72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2EHUyP1sr
at the end of the table. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx0UaRSUR9
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Pinned to the wall of the dining hall Ivy could smell his disgusting breath of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZTjFB7TeE
decay with age, and she had to fight the urge to spit in his face. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZx4mtKikg
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“You look at me you little bitch,” he spat.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBvPiO4Xy2
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Harold’s other hand forcefully directing Ivy’s face to his. She looked at him72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGRXZs2KGJ
directly in his eyes and noticed that his wolf had taken over. This type of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfyV3DwuSJ
strength does not come from nowhere and his eyes were as black as they could72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBwxcN9UQ6
be. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjWfT1pBrF
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“Mark my words, in a few days there will be a ceremony, I will gladly mark the72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMwvCdFnH2
fuck out of you, and your little bitch wolf won’t even be able to block me out72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpwpcovlR5
then. You will be mine to do as I please. You will not leave your room until72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxzktDqLay
this day, until the bond is formed so that I can always find you.”
His face was72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qtKJJQ8pL
bright red, and he started to sweat. As he talked, he pushed his hard72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwcE56hpQl
erection into Ivy’s thigh, using the wall behind them as leverage as he started72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACvpsYdM4g
to grind against her. Harold saw the horror in her eyes and sneered, “Oh I am72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnldbZW9qLr
going to fuck you alright, until you can’t walk, just you wait little pretty.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyXxf9nkTW
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In that moment his eyes flickered to dark brown, meaning Harold must have taken72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoe58exccG
back control. He dropped Ivy to the ground and started to walk off. Ivy fell72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmOkiq164F
with a thud and a whimper. She looked up and watched him adjust himself, sit down and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EODSuj6rZ
started to pile another plate of food as if nothing had just happened. Ivy72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCJFlf5q7D
started to wonder how his Luna passed, and if he was the one that killed her. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ31zmTG2y8
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“JAMES!” he belted. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWJefdvYnr
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James crashed through the door, looking at the mess, looking towards his Alpha72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQra33F1ig
and realising that Ivy was not at the table. James took a moment to locate her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT77jeQP5lx
on the floor and Ivy started to stand, he guided her gently out of the room. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbmAngeLKb
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As they reached the door to leave, Alpha Harold yells, “If you didn’t want me72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY3XTE5fzn
to get mad and aroused my pretty, don’t wear a see-through gown to our first72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPun7JaQ1F9
meeting!”
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The blood drained from72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK8IjEoIMK
Ivy’s face as she realised that she forgot to check herself in the mirror. His72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP5P8VJXLH
Beta knew this whole time; hence the smirking and she felt so naked and72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnevBTugBzA
embarrassed. She pushed past Harold’s Beta, ran for the room that was now her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cI9pCeLYE
jail to change, only to hear Harold’s sadistic laugh all the way up the stairs.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx2HCIMDdx
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Ivy heard the combat boots after her as she ran to the room, she had no time72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryTAjzKigc
for him. She made it to the door and slammed it shut behind her. All the maids72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT80lEhgSD
that served dinner, the Beta, HIM had assisted in her embarrassment. Ivy cursed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWDH219O1P
them all at their blatant disrespect for their future Luna. She felt the tears72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34NIHh2xKi
well up in her eyes as she stood in front of the wall length mirror to see how72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXlEbHSdkk
‘see-through’ it really was. Her eyes were wide in her reflection as to what72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3COh7BjK2
she saw looking back. Ivy could see the colour of her nipples and the shade of72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWZWEzP4xd
her pubic hair. When she twisted her neck to the side, she could see the red72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ2rtG9bpE
marks caused by her choking. There was relief that Catori assisted well with healing. She threw off the gown, still embarrassed at her failed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI25X5vgqx
attempt of standing her ground. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHteBd9WFiQ
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What could I possibly have achieved looking like that? Ivy took a deep72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrk0a4l4rR
breath and dabbed her face, urging herself not to cry to which she felt a72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2isHcel3HA
softness come over her as Catori tried to comfort her. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRprtC2i5CX
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“I tried to warn you, his wolf is so strong though Ivy, we are in grave72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60nkRUetzo
danger. We must escape.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW09As3rItA
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“You just saw what he did, and so fast for an older man, an older wolf. We72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdyjRo8YSM
have to be careful and precise.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm48cTBa2RE
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“His Beta is still at the door, Ivy.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGetptUAUCU
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“Try to reach his wolf and let me know if you can get anything from him.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZK3RArRm4
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Ivy flicked through the wardrobe of clothes that were placed in there for her,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DX0xXh3mU
and frustration consumed her as all of the gowns were of the same material. No72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwhgxcQPWB
matter what she wore to dinner, they would have all been see-through. Snide,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUeolgXqxH
dirty, horny bastard, she thought. Giving up with the wardrobe she headed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWfYKHih9a
towards the dresser and opened the first draw, empty. The second one, empty. Finally,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wd0IjiTmm
the third drawer, and the only thing in there was a tattered dress robe.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QVbIrh2kj
Holding it up to the light, it was certainly not see-through but not made for72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF0BhYFCB2
the coldness of the room. Ivy slipped it over her head and with the day’s72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkW648kYPH
events, gave a huge yawn, but her mind was reeling. She plunged into the soft,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN1fg1WSjp
huge bed and rugged up under the covers in hopes to feel some warmth. The bed was like a pillow, engulfing her and willing her to sleep. Before Ivy allowed72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLFLOWL4QS
herself to succumb to the heaviness of her eyes, she tried to mind-link with72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7yPrvCG0C
the Beta, James. He instantly felt the tug of Ivy trying and she wasn’t72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkMs6ipp7M
expecting a reply. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPHhykxUHP
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“Yes?” he warned. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGAS32EyUb
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“Are you still outside my door?” Ivy asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNLpZhUsWE
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“Yes, Ivy. This is where I stay, to babysit.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXekoGkGQI
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Ivy retreated by the annoyance in his tone. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2Q3ZsPeHD
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“I’m sorry that you have to baby-sit,” she replied sarcastically, “But72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZdCZWMjLq
thank you all the same.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCfy32WMtU
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Ivy knew that the man must have had a sense of humour somewhere in there.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD6D9q65s7
Before she gave up trying to a reply, he retorted, “Tell your she-wolf to go to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDEk3ZATDL
sleep, I need rest and so do you.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMUIM8F4Pa
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There was a moments silence and Ivy looked up the ceiling and stared. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkTO8K87Ne
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“We can trust this man and his wolf.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7lW8im391
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“How do you know Cat? Are you going from what he just told you?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu53e47cQa
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“His wolf, Arwen, tells me things.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6yhEFWoMQ
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“Well please share, because I need to work out our next move.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYsx1X6ART
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“Not tonight. Ivy, I am tired, so are you, we need rest, and I will tell you72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSpVcVeMUv
in the morning."
