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Even if he offers his reassurances that he wants to know about their way of life, Ajatar isn’t easily swayed. She believes him enough that he is content here in Drageda. He has a roof over his head, so to speak, and a place to serve, but he does not know much about their ways. In a lot of aspects of their daily life, they do not differ from any other pack. They rely heavily on all the wolves pull their weight and doing their part. They are all warriors, in one way or another, but they delve deeper into their roots. Seageda had been their point of origin for a long time and it should have gone to Trigeda after its demise but instead, further away.

“I would be happy to teach you,” she tells him though her words are flat and indifferent. Perhaps she would. Maybe she wouldn’t. She doesn’t linger long on this thought. Étoille is making the effort. “Do you know who I am here?” she asks a beat later, ears cupped forward in anticipation to find out where she really needs to start.

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