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Chapter 37 - Mate!
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Daisy -
My heart and my head screamed, the problem was that they were screaming two very different things. My head was screaming at me to run, to run as quickly as I could as far as I could, but my heart… and my wolf… were screaming at me to move further into the room, to round the corner that obstructed my view, to get a look at the man destined to be my soul mate. I am so torn, I don’t know what to do. I do know that I need to do something, I need to make my decision, but how can I? How can I decide whether to step forward or backward? How do I choose between my brother and my mate? On the one hand, I have wanted a mate for as long as I remember, on the other hand, how can I trust that the Moon Goddess truly gave me the perfect man? How can I risk finding him and having to move here? I love it here, I do, but I need to be with Dave right now, he needs me, and I need to know that I&helli
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