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Liv returned halfway through our dumplings, and the look on her face told me she’d struck out. Jax slid the large platter of dumplings towards her and said, “You look like you could use a Scooby Snack.”
Her grin was wicked, and Liv growled, but accepted the offering of dumplings.
“You know, sometimes I really do hate how efficiently mother runs this tribe. There’s no room for a girl to wheedle her way in to see a patient.”
She sighed, and picked up a steaming pork dumpling, and bit into the delicious salty breaded meat. Her growls turned more to a purring sound. Sometimes I found the lycan noises amusing, but I tried not to give my siblings too much grief about that. They sometimes felt insecure about the animal sides they both lived with.
Jaxie had a line as well, but her line
