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2024-10-29 19:42:56Valorie watched the wolves and witches milling around like a colony of ants on the lookout for food. She leaned against a tree and had a good chuckle. Her plans were going perfectly. These fools would waste their time running from pillar to post for nothing.
She had everything important in the back on her shoulder. Valorie knew with this she could start up anywhere again. She could make any place in her kingdom. No, her queendom, she could be a goddess among men.
Valorie smiled to herself just before she lost that smile when out of the corner of her eye, she caught the sight of a wolf making it’s way up the hill she stood atop. It would take them time to get up the hill, but it was far too close now for her liking. If she could see them, then they could see her, and that wasn’t something she could have.
Annoyed, Valorie turned from the scene as she watched and pushed through the wooded area toward one
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