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Chapter 38
*Maggie*
I stare at the growing puddle just outside the window of the rundown shack where we are stuck. It’s been seventeen days since I’ve seen Axel, seventeen days of an increasing tightness in my chest knowing I haven’t fulfilled his alpha command. The Freakshow continues to evade us at every step. I swear we are so close I can almost taste the sweet release of the command, and yet they are nowhere.
When the rain started, everyone let out an audible sigh of relief. Admittedly, I haven’t allowed them to rest as much as I should. But every time I am still, my wolf paces around in my mind in an anxious rage because we are stagnant. How hard can it be to find such large people? Apparently pretty damn hard.
“Agh!” I yell, throwing my metal mug to the floor in a fit of anger. “I can’t just sit here and do nothing!”
“Maggie, I know you want to find them. We are doing our best.” Jacob says walking over and picking up my cup.
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