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Thirty-one
“How does having a wolf feel like?” Rowena asked me as the two of us got in her car. When I told her three weeks ago about finally meeting my wolf, she was ecstatic. She came over along with Dinah almost immediately and we celebrated for the night. Riona loved the two of them, but she told me that she couldn’t sense their wolves like how she sensed Xander’s almost immediately.
“I love this! I actually love Riona so much. She’s so fun and a bit sassy,” I replied, connecting my phone with her car’s Bluetooth to put on some music.
"Damn right I am!" My sassy friend commented and I did my best to stiffen a laugh that threatened to escape me. Sometimes, I found it hard to control myself when it came to replying to Riona out loud, but Xander assured me that I was going to learn how to do it over time. I didn't want people to consider me crazy.
“I love my wolf, too,” Rowena told me. “She’s my very close friend.”
“I can happily say that I understand
Sara IslamAyla is a Crimson... Published on June 8th, 2021 Sara
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