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Rose’s POV

I’m right. I can tell by the look of shock on his face. I still think there is something else, something more that he doesn’t want to share yet. I can feel it in the marrow of my bones. There is something much, much deeper than shared trauma and war stories that ties him to the guys.

“You have your mother’s intuition you know, and Gwynn’s fire. It looks like you have Sage’s foresight too.” Amarragh runs his tongue over his teeth, stopping at his sharp canine and pressing the soft flesh against it. A single drop of blood drips onto his lip, and the small puncture heals instantly.

‘Do wolves heal like that?’ I ask over the link.

‘Not that quickly.’ Braydon answers, taking a sip of his drink. All the guys have sat in stunned silence as Amarragh tells us about his family, and apparently mine too.

“Who is Sage?” I’ve never heard that name before, but the way he says it makes a warm sensation trickle down my spine.

Amarragh reaches across the table to the open book and points t
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