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6: Overheard
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Olivia froze. She didn't know what to do. She was in a river, swimming with a wolf that she couldn't stop thinking about and they were about to face either a wolf or a human, she wasn't sure which.
"Xander?" Ben called out.
"Ben?" the voice replied.
"Yeah, it's me. Are you on patrol next?" Ben asked, putting himself between Xander and Olivia.
"Yeah, I am. Who's that in the river with you?" Xander called out. Olivia could almost see his face in the darkness, but he was definitely a wolf.
"Just a minute," Ben said to Olivia as he climbed out of the river. He reached down to pull her out and helped her to her feet. She was standing just a few feet away from the second werewolf that she had met in the past twenty-four hours. He was handsome. Not as handsome as Ben, but better looking than the human men she met on her side of the city. Ben shook his dark hair out and looked at Xander, something passed between them.
"This is Olivia," Ben sai
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