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The news of Stephanie's return spread through the pack. Within hours, the mansion was surrounded by pack members. Some were genuinely excited to see their former Luna, eager to reconnect, while others were merely curious, eager for gossip. Then some didn’t care, but joined the crowd, not wanting to miss out on anything happening in the pack.

From his study, Alpha Damien could hear the murmur of voices growing louder as more people gathered outside. He sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. Resigning himself to what he had to do, he came out onto the front porch and immediately, the murmurs stopped as all eyes turned to him and waited for him to speak.

“Thank you all for coming, I know many of you are curious about my visitors, especially your former Luna. I want you to know that she is here as my guest and has also brought with her my daughter whom I thought was lost.”

Murmuring started through the crowd, and Damien held up a hand and they stopped talking. “I understand that you are