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Chapter 73 – Keep Your Friends Close

Author: GIFT TEEY
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NATHAN'S POV

They were words that had stayed with me my entire life. I guess I had lost sight of them in light of recent events, but they were words I had vowed to live by regardless. And hearing Elder Jesper say something similar really struck a chord within me.

“Yeah. Thanks, Elder Jesper. I needed to hear that.” I really did.

“Anytime, Nathan.” He squeezed my shoulders reassuringly, then sat back. “So now, what else happened?”

I narrated how Malachi had been involved and how he had never actually slept with her. I explained how it had all just been a plot for Victoria to mate with me and be the Luna of this pack.

“Wait. So she found her mate and rejected him because of you?”

I nodded in answer, then verbally affirmed too. “Yes. Or so she says. I don't know how true it is or if I want to believe it.”

“I understand what you're getting at. She's broken your trust.”

“Beyond repair. And not only that, but her mate could also be out there, rejected and thinking it's all my fault. When I
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