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Chapter 9

Author: Leema Kamal
last update publish date: 2026-05-23 00:07:40

FREYA

I moved out on a Thursday.

I picked the middle of the afternoon on purpose, when I knew Brian would be in a pack council meeting. He had standing meetings every Tuesday from two to five, and he never missed them, because pack council meetings were the one place where Brian Norwood always showed up on time.

I didn't take much.

My clothes. The papers from my father's estate that I'd been keeping in the bottom drawer of the closet before I'd even admitted to myself that I was going to leave.
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