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old keys felt like lea

essively silent, filled only with t

hing her away!" my wo

ledger down

I'm honori

room, but my voice

yself to c

I couldn't

erestim

d for Julianne thro

the study and looking at my dark ex

? What'

and keys across th

you're in ch

n of a second before she masked it w

ng about this. This is the Luna

on me, but I told mysel

tasting like ash in my mouth. "You're the only one who can he

dicated, a flicker of unmistakable

the pack," she said, picking up the ledger and looking a

othed my fra

res and told myself that Dawn

it be to mana

study, ready to introduce

er, Eleanor, i

y to the ledger and ke

ow fur

?" she asked me, her tone le

ision, emphasizing that it

her sharp eyes scrutinizing Julianne,

ernly. "Dawn was trained for this from childhood. She exce

t was a direct b

rust Julianne," I

aid nothi

deep look filled with d

d away, her departur

d took Julianne to meet the pack's he

ision, ordering everyone to

ally from Marcus, my Beta and childhood friend, whose jaw tighten

challenge

hing settled, I retr

fense reports, but all I could se

e the rig

impered in

temples in f

ing to do righ

't Dawn un

d to go

to her again, be

sed my hand to knock, but I froze wh

n handle everything? Many of the items in the l

y spine as I heard

ave to come to m