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24.The Ashen Howl tribe

Author: Lino
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-09 03:46:53

Matt

I was in a bad fucking mood. The Ashen Howl tribe was full of a bunch of assholes, which was why I hated them to my very core. It didn’t matter if they were the pack I was born into or not. The only thing I ever thought about was getting as far away from them as possible.

This is something I always wanted! I knew my chance would come once I found a mate. I would hope that we’d choose her pack, but now I had the chance to make my own. It was honestly a fucking relief. To be able to start from nothing and make a pack with just me, Lia, and my friends was more than I could ever want.

My sister had been kicked out of this pack for refusing to mate with her chosen mate right away. It was common now for people to go ahead and get an education or start a career first. No reason to rush into it before you are financially secure.

But the Ashen Howl tribe was set in the old ways. They didn’t want to change with the times, frustrating everyone. At least they were frustrating the younger ge
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