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with a bleeding child on my

didn't stop until I reached the Pack's medi

to the first doctor who ran out to me

y used a hydraulic tool to cut the trap off his leg. As they worke

sed in surprise. "Good thinking. You

crowd, her face pale wit

and then she saw me, covered in dirt and his blood

e choked out. "

her son was stable, she pressed

se. "It's not enough, but it's all we have.

ed it. It was a start. "Thank

wolfless girl, had fought off a wolf and saved a child. For the first time, th

ctory was s

in the living room, sipping tea as if

d ice. "Making a spectacle of yourself. How utter

ed with a malicious little smile. "A whol

irs to my room, the money clutched in my hand. All I wanted was a h

ding spot under the loose floorboard. I lifted it, ready to add the new e

art s

ace wa

The velvet box containing every piece of jewelry m

t, washed through me. It wasn't just about the money. I

hadn't been forced. The windo

omeone who could walk into

or. J

next move. To not just humiliate me, but to strip me of eve

ds clenched and unclenched. In my old life, p

. "The Surgeon" took over, pushing t

They would deny it. They would la

my property back and make th

tly manicured lawns, the patrolling guards. I was i

rely on

e. An idea began to form, cold and precise. A plan buil