CHAPTER FIFTY -FOUR

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I couldn't hold it in anymore, the place I had known to be home and my relatives were letting me go without even a little word of encouragement.

"Raven?" She was the one who let out a loud cry and wasted no time hugging me to comfort me.

"Do you really have to go?" Her red eyes gazed at me with so much attention and care.

"Yes, I don't want anyone else getting hurt." I sniffed, trying to hold back my tears.

"Xena please…" she cried even more,

"Your Dad wouldn't have wanted this." She sniffed, her trailing tears continuing to wet her already damp cheek.

"Dad is gone." I let the tears slip out from my eyes as I hugged her more tightly than before.

"Who would be with me when you're gone, who would I plan crazy stunts with who…"

"Enough of this nonsense! You're delaying the to be Alpha of Crystal claw pack from taking his bride home." Alpha Demetri raged and immediately ordered his guards to drag raven out of the pack house.

"No, let her be." His calm majestic voice spoke again.

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