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Chapter 9: Antici....pation
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2024-10-29 19:42:56P.o.V. Moira/Trajan
If any of the warrior leaders had looked at the pack house they may have seen a dark haired figure in one of the uppermost windows facing the training ground. If they had good eyes they would have noticed it was too small to be an adult. If they had remarkably good eyes they could see that this figure was entirely incapable of sitting still.
"Is it time yet?" Trajan whined for what felt like the hundredth time.
"No. This morning is taking forever!" Moira responded with a huff of exasperation.
"Why can't we just go to training? The warriors already went. We should go too!"
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