'' welcome , welcome to greaves house , '' mr. greaves said expansively , and then rather ruined the effect by becoming practical . '' i believe my butler has your rooms ready . i do hope you 'll be joining us for dinner . a most jolly company , i think . ah , here 's my son and his wife arrived . you 'll excuse me ? '' and they were left to the direction of the butler

you might go mad . '' '' you have a use for me . what is it ? '' said ridmark . '' you slew a female urdmordar , '' said the warden . '' i can see that written in your past . you , alone , slew an urdmordar . '' '' i was not alone , '' said ridmark

cedes gave a small gasp . '' of course ! it is certainly worth a try . '' all eyes turned expectantly to stefi . she stiffened . '' i 'll try , but i ca n't make any promises , you know . '' '' that is good enough , '' cedes said . she removed a familiar bandanna from her back pocket and handed it to stefi

others were just confused . but one stood out from the crowd . sierra stood apart from a very unhappy looking jack and shouted above the din , '' who is this man , evan , that he can come into our pack and lay claim to one of ours ? marcus decreed that our females would not breed outside of the
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