This chapter is dedicated to Diana Grygiencza for the sweetest shoutout she gave this book on the F-B group. Thank you. Made my day and brought a really huge smile on my face.
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XYLA
Gaining consciousness was a task. It felt harder than it had in the past couple of months. Ever since I was brought to Allister's Palace, forgetting about my miseries while being awake had become easier. It all went down the drain the moment a lycan claimed me.
I let out a soft groan, the exhaustion of crying myself to sleep taking a toll on not just my mind, but my body too. The room seemed unfamiliar at first, and the bed felt uncomfortably warm. Of course, in a few unnerving moments, I realised I was sleeping in the petroom, without the arms of that cool-skinned creature wrapped around me. The arms
