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24. Predator Panic
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ JESSE ~
Self-loathing and injustice burned in my chest. But it soon twisted into gut-wrenching fear.
What was I going to do? How was I going to survive this?
And how did this man, who I barely knew, have such a grip on me? Why couldn’t I shake free from him?
My entire body shook and I wondered if I was going to lose my mind even without him compelling me.
I had thought it was odd when Cazz said human women didn’t survive in the wolf world. I had thought he must mean they couldn’t fight off other wolves and got killed or something. But then, why would his wife commit suicide?
But now, as my chest constricted and my heart pounded, and no matter how I tried to think clearly I couldn’t get free of this sense of impending doom, I feared I might have an inkling of what pushed the poor woman over the edge. I mentally ticked off the reasons why she might have reached her limit.
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