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It had been three days since Elian had nearly lost himself in the infirmary courtyard, and somehow, the world hadn’t crumbled to ash. Thinking about the day sent knots into my stomach and even though I could still hear the maids murmuring behind corners, the pack members never stopped bowing when he passed. No matter what had happened and what would happen in the future, he was still their alpha. They still loved him. Still respected him. Even if the events may have shaken the pack grounds and a few members. What I considered even more strangely was that the maids and guards bowed to me too. As if that outburst had sealed my place beside him, not fractured it. As if they were now seeing that I wasn’t going anywhere. Unlike their alpha’s supposedly first mate, I wasn't going to reject hi
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