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May you bring her the joy I never would.
Ripley stood between two burly guards, still wearing that damn collar. They kept her in the corner, and several prominent shifters in the community sat through the large room. A couple kept shooting glares at me, and I assumed they were Ripley's parents. They probably thought I was the shifter equivalent to the freeloading, bad boy that charms women into dating them even though they weren't worth it. I snorted, actually that described me well. The only thing on my side were the gods.
Felix sat next to a male with glasses. They whispered to each other and gestured at me. He must be Wyatt. A female joined them. Her suit made me think she was the lawyer. I tried to stretch, but the chains on my arms weighed them down. After spending all night layi
