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Last one from me!

His answer puzzled her, if only because Sequoia had never heard Mahler mention "love." Of Rivenwood as a whole, she could see it, but another wolf? He'd always seemed so sullen and lonely. Then again, maybe there was some story there she was missing. She huffed at him when he took a step forward, his step not toward her, but ushering her away.

I'll be back, she said, then turned tail to leave. Mahler would still be a part of their lives, she thought as she broke from the territory's boundaries. Not in the way that Dio had been her father, but in the way that Wildfire had been her guardian.