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I hated that Zeke had made her feel that way—correction, made us feel that way—until my wolf had broken free. No one should ever feel unvalued. Both these women would do anything to protect the ones they loved, even if it went against their beliefs. I’d always live with the regret of throwing Stevie into that basement when she’d been trying to protect me, but I couldn’t go back in time and change it. We had to move on, and I’d do everything I could to make it up to her in the future.

“Listen, I’m not trying to be ungracious. It means a lot that each of you is looking at me with compassion and not disgust, but I need to head home and get some rest. I need to figure out how to move on from here. Time to pray to the goddesses and come to grips with this loss on my own.” Dina ran a hand down her stomach, smoothing the white priestess dress—a dress I was accustomed to seeing her in and probably would never see her wearing again.

“I need to check on Jasmine.” Michael rose and yawned. “Janet