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2024-10-29 19:42:56"What did you say?" Zeke asked, disbelief clearly written on his face.
"Juliette is my mate"
"That's impossible", Zeke said, shaking his head.
"Right here, assholes, I'm right here", Juliette weakly waved her hand in the air, from where she was encircled in Sébastien's arms.
"Shhhh......", Sébastien responded, pulling her tighter against him, "I'm a hybrid Zeke, an anomaly that isn't even supposed to exist. Everything about me is impossible"
"Wait. Did you just shush me?", she tried to push him away but her knees buckled and she quickly grabbed onto him while swaying unsteadily on her feet.
"Put Merlin in the ambulance and get her to the training grounds, we can perform the ritual there", Sébastien ordered as he lifted Juliette into his arms and strode out of the theater.
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Some time later, in the training grounds, Zeke and Dr Lesley, wheeled M
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