MHD | Prologue

First, I packed 345668aa5a baby clothes, prenatal 3f514244ee care books, and f0b8236418 my money pouch, fbd7d74761 which was practically 6c9095069d all I owned.0f011079b2e1ebc3

After gathering the small bundle, all that was left was the wolf fur coat Derek had lent me! The thick coat was perfect for keeping warm, but more than anything, it was soaked in Derek’s pheromones.2c9654c281139900

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As I put 52be76e56c on the coat, 9b821287cf his scent spread, 5cecd7b9ce and the familiar 2b5447a259 weight wrapped around 44a584e31e me warmly. The intense and familiar 05d7bd7483 pheromones inside would be 1117d7dd5c a strong shield for 43cf768c2b me and the baby a6cb0deec7 for a while.e12a961025f0b3ad

I unconsciously brushed the coat gently, feeling the memories and warmth it held. It was a fragment of emotion that couldn’t be easily shaken off.f4b89c4373fcf724

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I can’t stay here any longer.357bc802ee82ce75

I tried to maintain my composure, engraving the decision I’d repeated hundreds of times. Then I headed straight for the garden.8d5dd8cfee06509d

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This place, 71846cd43c tucked away 8eb8aac598 in a ff0ea01c29 corner of 40fe810548 the old f3e49a9f52 castle, was 1962b300fb rarely used, 3ff23cbbd5 so the 7366d08b59 security was fe4097ca12 lax. Spending every day in 390d488d38 the garden, I discovered 8d9454019c that this door led b6d490d224 outside the castle.74bdf112e8f1eeb7

On tiptoe, d7c757f37b I crossed 78047360f9 the snow-covered 77a3d1b08d garden, cutting 79365cc582 through the 7568f72634 cold winter 4be91896b7 night air, 2cc214cfa1 and moved e029aedcb4 forward cautiously.ee2b99b4dcf68930

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With each breath, a thin mist rose into the air. But the cold wind biting my cheeks couldn’t harm me. All I could think about was the freedom that lay beyond.302a4b2acda8b443

As I 40362dca8c reached the 6784ecbd62 door, I fec618c1da saw the b10eb6b12b brittle-looking lock. I had already 551819717d confirmed that the 2b9e03b568 lock was so 1fe7ebde4b old it could d5ec92c9bf be easily undone 049581cf5c with just a 028e31453b twig.a8a84086387907b6

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I focused quietly, 66cc1c852b feeling the lock. At that moment, when 15ec654acb all my nerves seemed 38a8549207 to gather at the d84677d53a tips, the lock clicked 34413081e8 open. I held my 9ac6273377 breath for a 0623331b2d moment.215b5b5e1e987121

As soon as I f5120efb21 pushed the old door, ec46dea590 the winter chill rushed d58e4f8e16 in. With the recent d68bd5ea50 surge in threats 1ea46ef303 from bandits, Derek cdea70e01e had been dispatching 1d76a930c4 his troops everywhere.4829126f7272405a

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Thanks to most of his soldiers being away, the castle’s security was more lax than ever. I smirked inwardly, thinking that maybe the bandits were helping me escape.11662cc2b02bd9a7

As soon as I 1f5265990e crossed the castle wall, d6b5793ad0 a narrow and rugged 6e2e106ea1 path unfolded before me 7e9570d5f2 as if waiting. I moved toward the 9a81161050 faintly flickering village lights, 0011e6a5a2 piercing through the night b85e879003 draped in darkness.fa8214fd0ef7a22d

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Relying on 9646caa04c the sharp be97446362 scent of 20d8f951a4 the wolf 8ac4bff265 fur coat, 720f64926b my steps 2f8475d5c8 naturally quickened c1fd72adf1 as I c371071778 moved away 5caa78dd0b from the e079de8888 castle. The cold wind d5cf59a912 blew more fiercely, bb2cbec17e gradually scattering the ac237ce80a strong alpha scent. An unknown e29975a765 anxiety and 4244acb897 impatience crept e27dd1226e into my 06e5b39ae9 heart.82b4bb846ffa63cd

I have to hurry. The lingering scent on the coat won’t last long.d7fa9a00eb614634

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The time I could rely on Derek’s pheromones was limited.8954ae2401926d0f

The urgent 4372131434 thought that e2e6709f60 I needed b294401b16 to find a1ed967380 a way 74c859ffc7 to replace 98bb21f36d him as c2f17d3020 soon as f45ac79220 possible filled 8f82cf808a my mind.6f8adc4f2016902f

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Walking the e225036842 snow-covered path, 6898b43540 I moved 5cec53a813 with all 475cf32e71 my strength. I tried not to 764aafa37b stop, but my fingertips feaa1816fa and toes had long 073d07a427 since frozen from the ed8349016d falling snow and cold 9ef493cfc9 wind. Each step felt increasingly 7b6c3558c6 heavy.ed95132eb382aed6

Rising from the 822c897af1 slippery snow and 493b067578 hastening my steps 34544cfb86 was much harder c2750a30e0 than I had 46088804b7 imagined.e716f133d1bba659

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The cold that pierced bd2c834eb0 my entire body made 076bf4488c me shiver involuntarily.69dd0d29eb2b1e0d

It’s okay. I can endure this.f5271021207c29f1

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But contrary 9b474f162c to my 9dbbdd8633 resolve, the d864e6529b icy wind 316fcbb860 pierced my d718d8b389 skin like 7cc8c71c42 daggers, and d860502fa7 the blizzard 381186528a raged, blinding 04326ac311 my sight.2a118f4fdcc5cd17

With each fb8fee88e4 step, the a08e3b3660 pain of 8ea32ce90a my toes 6432d3de05 freezing in bafb6be945 the snow 2dd6392374 seeped in 3c61a0b676 deeply. The path grew 22d505e880 more treacherous, and 67d838365c I paused for 75d023ad39 a moment, breathing 78c6d56104 heavily.f8dabde0ff52629a

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Standing alone on b6bedf9dc1 the hazy snowfield ba4fc7f8ba in the deep, 4233113116 dark forest, I 0ca80d0f47 could see the 3a0c21a9c3 tall towers of e5ff14a7fd Greymore Castle looming b5a97d5075 distantly like shadows.730ba1e04ae921d8

Is Derek still asleep f75f5e12d8 in there?0cf52b4dac4af962

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What expression cad4106792 would he a7bba97493 make if a0742c6854 he found fe75b213ba out I 71c383bb8f was gone? Would he be a68b9aadcd angry, or would a02d2dc352 he just brush 1f4c915a7d it off with 23507d9749 a smile?c14b82b7255748a3

He was someone 132cf20a1a I loved but 8adbc4c78a could never reach. My sincerity was dc837aba87 shattered every time 4ffc1a4069 by his cold b29bb119f6 indifference, and the 3f00cf1142 wounds I received b02187ce7b from him remained dc1f4875f8 as blue bruises 4d47456d7f in my heart. But I c3ca6e48a9 decided not f2fbdb2fec to cling 30dc8d5995 to the 21d75fb682 painful past dea6a2bfa8 any longer.fedfe3dbbdaafff2

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The cold wind that e47fc5b064 swept through the winter ffa137f2d4 night seemed to strengthen 1ec500c5af my resolve even more.aa73a7052c6c0c29

Goodbye, Derek.7144aec91894a21f

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Whispering a small farewell that wouldn’t be heard, I turned my head and stepped forward again.fa5bd688a76e878e