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a vacuum that was then filled by a ti
ace was no l
hastly, as
r the first time, I saw mu
alyzed, her l
but Garrison's gaze held her pi
her's shoulders, shaking her violently. "Mother!
firmed his guilt in t
cutting through the chaos. "
sacred relic used in the cente
Since the paternity of Esley Mercado is in question, he ha
my father's murderous face, then back at
ching my lips. "But we of the Whit
sm, sending a shiver of fea
his mother." I turned to the Pack's lawyer and scribe. "I d
scure, rarel
, legally binding them to their mother's
ld no longer be th
tard son of the mis
of it would be stripped away, leaving
he sound raw and animalistic. "
e, but froze as
ed, his voice a d
s, he acknowledged
e boy he had r
ation was
be scrambled to dra
.. Father! I am your s
Garrison, trying
m away with a snar
d withou
treated our people when they beg
ent was p
he Rite of Bloodline Reversion is invoked. Esley, from this day forth, is returned to the bloodline of his mother, E
nt light glowed fr
ded from the main branch, reappearing at the very bottom, un
espairing howl escaping his lips before
the floor, her fac
as o
ere fi
corner, shiverin
at me as if I
t not
rium
old, emp
the interest o
of the Ancestral Hall were
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wore the bear-claw cre
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