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They bademyself alone in this cold apartment As with the rest of this place, old-fashioned lanterns cast a warlow from the walls I ambled deeper and located the bathroo I’d seen before It was just a hole in the ground that led to… I would rather not picture where Otherwise, the place see a cave with its bare stone walls and ienic
I moved to the oval-shaped bedroom and climbed onto the teak bed, relieved that the mattress was soft and comfortable as I nestled into it There was a fireplace in one corner but I didn’t think I had the energy to start athered the blankets aroundheavy, I did not sleep I stayed up, tossing and turning into the night, worrying and wondering about Grace, Heath, my parents and the rest of , I heard knocking against wood Assu that it was someone outsideThe door next tofrom the cold, I crawled back into ain
Muffled voices cah the wall, but I could notuntil they rose a little louder
"But Bastien, how do you know she is not a hunter?" A deep, gravelly voice spoke Sergius, in his wolf for about but , I couldn’t help but hurry to the wall now and press ainst it
"I told you already," Bastien said, exasperation in his tone "She is just a girl!"
"But it could all be a lie," Sergius pressed "You have spoken about how cunning these hunters are She could be a plant… a plant ain your trust in order to spy and locate the packs of The Woodlands that re"
"She’s not," Bastien said "Toojust wouldn’t make sense in that scenario"
There was another pause
"Well," Sergius said, clearing his throat, "Brucella is not comfortable with her here"
"Ah, Brucella It always comes down to her, doesn’t it? Uncle, I mean you no disrespect, but are you not your own man? Are you not the leader of this pack? Have you no control over your wife’s whiius replied, his tone subdued "You kno your aunt is, and especially after everything you told her last night, she has been hysterical I insisted that you trusted the huh for her, but she’s unable to think straight… She wants her gone by tomorrow"
My breath hitched Gone Where to?
A deathly silence fell on the other side of the wall Then Bastien replied, stoic and clipped, "By getting rid of her, you’ll be getting rid of ius exhaled in frustration "Bastien, why must you be like this?"