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0029: Unwanted Protection

Author: FlyingDove
last update publish date: 2026-06-03 02:09:54

ALICE’S POV

He didn't knock.

I had the morning's files open and the same cup of coffee at my elbow I'd poured at seven and never touched — cold now, a skin gone over the top of it. I knew his step before I looked up. He just appeared in the doorway. Jaw set. A letter in his hand, the paper already creased where his grip had closed on it.

I set down my pen. "Alpha Kane."

He crossed the room and laid the letter on my desk. "This came through pack correspondence this morning. A formal inquiry from
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