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2024-10-29 19:42:56It surprised Hayden to see Magnus back without Sapphire, but he was here, and it would make everything easier to explain in the long run.
April stood before the pack and tried to compose what she would say. “I guess should first say that I’m sorry your leaders can’t make their relationship permanent yet. But it’s a good thing currently because technically Sapphire is still a member of her pack and not yours. If she were to mate with Magnus, then he would effectively side with her pack and becoming an offshoot. He’d effectively be giving your pack away to Kilburn. Now to fix this, she must tell her uncle that she rejects him and the Vagas Moon publicly to leave it. I know it’s not normally how things are done, but it’s how the treaties were written. So, I’m hoping that some of you may g
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