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“Yes,” agreed Kiara. “I think it would give us both some closure to have Nefrit with us.”

Before long, Gavin and Everett joined us each with a beer, Gavin loud and rambunctious from inebriation and Everett strangely smiling. The six of us ventured off into a different conversation, laughing with one another, and making new jokes that would form the powerful bonds of our friendship for a long time to come.

These were my people. My friends and family, whom I would love for as long as I was alive. And I, Colt Hexen, Alpha of Dalesbloom, would work hard to protect them and this new life we had built. For the first time in a long time, I was happy. We all belonged together, and we all saw that.

Bound in blood and love, nothing would tear us apart.