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Txarat my desk, staring at the phone as it rang. I knew it was Aragon, clicking in on me alter my first day back at the company. I had been looking forward to this call lay, rager to hear his voice and dure my experiences with haut
swering the plunr.
“Aragon.” Tank,
“Hey, hone’s it going?” He asked “Tow was your first day back at the coinpany?“.
“It’s going well,” Exaid. “Just getting, sertleid |
(the office, surrounded by my team and working on projects flai
“Tim glad in hear that,” he said. “I how one each you love your work, and in posod you for taking the leap and going back”
coow you didnt call just to ask alone my day. Whań going on?“
“Therd in talk in you alioun something” ile sand,
naming serious. “Tjust got off the phone with Marcel, and he’s been doing some digging on
My heart skipped a beat at the mention of Victor’s name, Had been trying to put him out of my miril, but the memory of his sinister grin and menacing tone still seat shiners clown my spine.
Wild Marrelled out” I asked.
“Marelovedicant adue of Victor’s associates talking.” He said, “Vitter was planning out making a move against us against the pack.”
Ididn’t know hone hir wanted to do that. Have heard of honestrong Victor was fant I didn’t think be would want to him the Alpha of a pock and think lie van just going to leave indamisel.
My mitad was rating with opestions, las he continued before I could ask any of them.
“Marcel said that Victor was talking about taking ine out, and then coming after you and the baby,” he said. “He was planning on using some of his
die the supernatural world to gather a group of inercenaries in attack us.”
Helica cold dread creeping over near the thought of Victor’s plan, We had been so lucky to love the pack’s protection, or who knows what could have bagiened!
“That’s terrifying,” I said, trying to press the information. “We w would have been in grave danger if the pack hadn’t come to our aid.”
“We’re not going in den ilun happen, Sapphire. We’re going in protect ourselves, and our family, Marcel is going to keep digging, see if he can find out aby mitre indurmation aliou Victor’s plain.”
Helt a sense of determination waslenver ine. “Tis not going to let Victor hurt us.” I said. “Ill do whatever it takes to keep unsafe.”
Aragon’s wire was filled with approval. “That’s the spirit, Sapphire. We’ll get through this ingether.
As we long up the phone, Heh a sense of resolve wood over me. I was going to do whatever it took to protect my family and to keep is safe from Victor’s evé plaus,
As I sat at my desk, staring in the plunne after hanging up wäli Aragon. I couldn’t shake off the feeling of unease that lingered in the back of my mind. Victor’s threats, ilenght not new, still sean a chill down my spine. The memory of his sinister grin and menacing cone still hasmted ine.
Trook sileep bizal, trying to calm my racing thoughts. But my mind kept wandering back to the wise in Wise if Victor found a way to get to ine?
What if fir an Arigon or our son!
Helta wave of fear wash over me, and my heart began to pound in my chest. I tried to push the fear aside, focusing on the fact that Aragom and Had aplan in place to protect ourselves and our family
But the fear lingered, growing at the edges of my mind. I couldn’t help but snder if we were doing enough to stay safe. Were we being vigilant enough! Were we prepared for every possible seriarkat
Laighed, feeling a sense of frustration wash over me. Elasted feeling e di scared, smeertain, and on edge all the time, I hated that Victor had the
power to make me feel this way,
But as I sat there, feeling helpless and afraid, I remembered something Aragon had said to me oser. “Fear is a natural response. Sapphire. But it’s
we do with that fear that muters. We can let it consume us, or we canive is to parlour detennination to stay safe,”
I took a deep breath, Iriting his worth sink in. I knew he was right. I couldn’t let fear comune me. I had to use it to furl my determination to stay vale, and to protect ingsell and my family.”
stay
Wath newfound resolve, I wood up and began to pure around my office. I was going to take luck control of my life. I sem going to make sure Vietor didn’t get the chance to hurt me or my family again
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As paced, 1 fel a sense of determination growing inside me, I was going to do whatever it took to stay safe. I was going to work with Aragon to come up with a plan in protect nurselves and our family.
And I was going to take sure that Vi
Victor paal for what he had done to us.
Tiel a sense of anger rising inside me. How dare Victor threaten me and my family! How dare he think he could get away with in
Í stopped porang and stood still, my heart pounding in any cliest. Helt a seine of fary building inside me, and I knew Had to do something with a.
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I took a deep breath and let my eyes scan the room. I spotted a piece of paper on my desk and strode over to it. I grabbed a pen and began to write, the words flowing out of me in a torrent of anger and determination
will be intimidated,” I wrote. “I will not be threatened. I will do whatever it takes to protect myself and my family.”
That was my plan even if it meant looking for Victor by myself.
