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“In the beginning, you suben char on you” He narrowed his eyes “If I was in control, you would not have wagged your finger at me”

No excuses, I wanted to kiss him Actually, I want more Gaby wrinkled her brow “I suppose so” Nonetheless, looking hih, she normally knew better than to stare at the ani shy around him didn’t help with eye contact

“I’uely familiar”

“I wonder—assu olves have always existed—if your kind and mine had some bond?”

He nodded as if co to the same realization “Indeed, especially since you can see my wolf aura”

“Exactly”

“Do you know if there are others like you?”

“Giles is always looking, but, apparently, I aed “I often wonder if my mother had this ability, but Giles said, no”

Kane tapped his chin “Wolf-segen?”

“I did a web search long ago and found a few references Wolf charuide wolves, rats and other creatures fro the olf trials and paranoia that swept Europe Wolf charmers were rare, mostly elderly end has it, a wolf-segen could ward aolves, but I assumed they interacted with normal wolves”

“You do ine, you could sweet talk a olf to stay away Not to mention rat out a olf to the authorities”

Her heart constricted If olves existed, she iined wolf charmers were hired to identify them Still, the documented olf cases were attributed to serial killers, innocent her a wolf charmer in the open lasted until the 1600s when they were persecuted and burned at the stake as witches After that, according to Giles, I aenetic roulette for having this rare trait”

“So what do you say? Are you okay with pretending I obey your wolf-segen commands?”

“Convincing and then co Giles will make it easier to help you escape…but…”

“What?”