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57 Running
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Steven POV
I have no clue how I ended up here; running from my Alpha, and the rest of the pack. Running for my life, because if they catch up with me there is no way I am going to be kept alive. Ok, I do have a clue… I know I facked up but I had no choice, I swear I had no choice. At least that’s what I have been telling myself for months!
*Flashback*
I hate running the border. There are 8 trackers in the pack, right now, and only two of us run the border, so we are doing twelve-hour shifts. I am hopeful that the newest tracker will be fully trained soon to take some of the load off myself and Delaney. We used to have 6 on shift, that was until a couple got too old, and another got hurt. We haven’t had enough pups to take over, when Oston showed the ability to track we were all so excited, when she showed the ability to be str
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