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    It had been a little over a week since I’d been able topel Greyson, but | hadn’t done anything like that since. Mason and


    Xander had been called to take part in the leadership council, which had been taking up a lot of their time, and | knew my


    grandfather and Charlotte were also busy with that.


    Zane had been finding ways to spend his time, and so had Gabri. The children were all in school. | was the only one without a


    specific task or job. | was starting to get really bored.


    At the same time, | was d to have the time to figure out what, exactly, | wanted to do about all of this new power | could feel


    burbling up inside of me. After seeing how it made my mates feel to watch me, and knowing how it had made me feel after, |


    wasn''t really that eager to have Mchi test me again.


    In fact, | was kind of nervous about it.


    The only way to stop yourself from worrying about something was to make sure you knew as much as you could about


    everything that could go wrong. My mom had told me that once, a long time ago, and I''d never forgotten it. At the time, I’d


    thought she was being too overprotective, maybe even a little bit paranoid. Now, as a mother myself, | thought | understood her a


    lot better.


    Today I''d decided | was going to start setting goals for myself. The enve had so many resources avable. Libraries crammed


    full of books, aputer cafe where you could ess the inte that was blocked in much of the rest of the ce, and even


    sses you could sign up for. Because there were so many types of supernaturals living here, | was far from the only one who


    didn’t know a lot about the different ways things worked.


    Of course, only the wolves had been specifically kept in the dark, but | wasn’t going to let that keep me back any more. | had a


    wealth of information at my fingertips, and | was going to start learning.


    But first....a meat pie.


    I


    There were things | didn’t love about living here-not having my own ‘stuff’ for example. Our rooms were grand, but | missed


    having a yard. Trees.


    The food, however, was amazing. Plenty of it, and | never had to lift a finger to cook it.


    I''d stopped at the main library on the way to this cafe and found a few texts on the history of vampires. | figured I’d try to learn as


    much as | could about that side of me. | had another book about vampire physiology and psychology, too. There wasn’t an


    equivalent book for wolves, and the only information I''d been able to pull


    on hybrids was more like a pamphlet than a full research book. It was a start, at least.


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    | ordered my meat pie and ager, then dove into the books. I’d brought my own notepad, and as | bent over the words on the


    page, | scribbled my thoughts down. | made a little chart and a diagram as things


    started to be more clear to me.


    So much to learn, so much to know. And the High Council had kept all of it from me.


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    Hatred burned in my gut like a volcano when | thought about how arrogant they’d been. And how st upid, too. To think they could


    hide an entire world of history from us because...why? Wolf psychology meant we


    trusted our leaders?


    Vampires didn’t run in packs. They formed groups, usually family based, but it wasn’t the same. The Ancients were more


    powerful, but they didn’t rule over everyone the way our Alphas did. | found it fascinating. especially when | started to read about


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    How they made other vampires.


    | hadn''t been thinking much about Braden and Mchi being together because it still kind of squicked me out. But | did want to


    find out if | would be able to turn anyone into a vampire. | didn’t want it to happen by ident, that much | knew for sure, and |


    really didn’t know how | felt about the idea that if | ever did do it, that new vampire would have to rely on me for everything for an


    untold number of years. Since vampires were basically immortal, it could even be centuries.


    “Way more responsibility than having a pup,” | murmured to myself as | flipped the book’s pages.


    Of all the subjects I''d been studying, this was the one that didn’t seem to have much information about it


    at all. That''s when | saw the chapter | needed. | had to stifle my gasp at what | saw there.