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"Where is he?"

"Give him a few minutes my lady. He will be here in a moment." The cat-voiced maid said, peeking out the door.

"Are you OK?" Her mother asked, cradling her red cheeks. Penelope wondered what her fate could have been if her mother hadn't rescued her immediately. Her father could have disfigured her face.

Penelope winced in pain as she raised her hand to touch the tender skin on her cheek. Her father's slap had left a fiery mark, and tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of the cruel words he had spoken to her just moments before.

She wished she could run away and never come back, but she knew she had nowhere to go. She was stuck here, in this pack, with her abusive father and her submissive mother.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps approaching the room. Her senses were raised as she tried to place the scent. She looked up to see the Pack doctor running through the door and ambling towards her.

He was a tall man, with kind eyes and gentle hands, and she knew he would
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