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"What happened, Nana?! Who hurt you?"

"Mom, Verak... Verak was going to trick us all to get that woman..." she sobbed, hiccuping as she told her what she heard inside the hut.

"There, there... maybe that was just a trap from that harpy to humiliate you. Don’t be like this," she patted her back, clearly distressed.

This was the pup she had later in life, when she thought she'd never have an heiress.

Nana was the apple of her eye. How dare Verak try to make her the laughingstock of the whole pack?

And that woman... Lyra again... if only she’d never shown up...

She had to get rid of her. And Drakkar too!

That male was turning into the very threat she had always feared!

She wouldn’t live forever, and Nana had to become the next Luna Healer. She needed Verak’s influence as the future Alpha.

Gertrudis clenched her teeth, full of hatred and calculations as she comforted her pup.

She could easily expose Drakkar, but deep down she had always feared his mysteries.

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