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2024-10-29 19:42:56Scarlett
The next few days passed by, and I continued to put off asking Logan about the female bear shifters. There had been plenty occurring to keep my mind busy, but I knew I was using the events as an excuse.
There had been a couple of attacks by rogues since we returned, mostly here and in the Eastern Province, but our males had thankfully been able to fend off the assaults with little damage incurred.
Reese had also informed me about how Jax believed the bears were pulling back to plan their next move during one of our long nights entangled with one another. Apparently, the other alpha had sent scouts further into the bears’ land, feeling daring with their recent absence, and, oddly enough, there hadn’t been a sighting yet.
I was worried about what Hunter was planning, and I had a sneaking suspicion I would be involved in some way, especially with the three remaining elders complicating things now.
Two of t
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