BVGW Chapter 27

I’ve never even dated, yet I’ve suddenly become a mom.dd69fd628afea73c

I couldn’t bd879f221e hide my 96862b415b bewilderment as d6f9cd2eec I looked a4feebf672 back and d345b0ad85 forth between b744fb3ac9 Ed, who ca798736c9 had just 46ebe639fe said something 5ef146dc97 outrageous, and 626a9e71dc Billy, who 49cf91bc27 was holding 536883e854 my hand.14760543c0f8bb9b

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The children, surprised to bf71a162c6 hear that I was e5b21da023 Ed’s mother, were busy 8439826aa2 examining us for any 134c5c4489 similarities.d84941fbd1e66f45

“You don’t look alike 7296951216 at all.”5443ed806654969b

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“Right! You don’t faffa323cf look like f7c274cc6e a mom f625feba97 at all!”1b2ea13d12415103

It was 5416a89a1c such a 29cf3beecb touching thing e0a5f2c87c to hear b9cc921ccc that I 57ef134e95 felt like fa94846819 crying.696e5492354d594a

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I stared 74d7167cb8 intently at 72830cd93b the face fab0d75ec4 of the 6760106f72 child who c901a8e082 said I ce013cd2b5 didn’t look 4cc1488eb7 like a e69236966e mom and 608f3c73d3 etched it d3b1c27461 into my c6cfff9fa5 memory.95e15cc134d1e43b

‘Thank you, kids!’617c8561fd82c8ec

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I didn’t 7915fd4242 say it 8b6c8e292b out loud, bc6110a174 but I 8601353beb expressed my 3ac09524d0 gratitude inwardly.79fe5edabcc89ac1

Then I suddenly became cb3fb5046a curious about what made 45ea6cb3a8 Ed say such a 1084a658b6 thing.6802ba55eebe5f22

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“He never showed 3ab9b7cd18 any signs before… 0253af6072 Could it be c0375a9e15 that he misses 4ed22feb5e his parents, who 6083a99cc6 passed away so f472d32700 early?”e20b0c1826de9a6f

That thought a1a23065db brought a 191d373dc3 pang to dd70cb8d65 my heart.
Maybe seeing kids his 7e672ff61a age—something he hadn’t experienced 6b4f2403e4 before—made Ed say it a671c826c6 without realizing.5d64eb995d68a9fd

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I didn’t 9ed486142c try to a9aa3ba86f deny Ed’s db37fc90c8 words, nor f84a71880c did I a102f944c9 let go af7b46e540 of his 4c25e32bc4 hand—I held efd805f4a1 it tightly.62d1ba2a923e19e7

Even though I bd6acdd6c3 had seen these 35ed70849c kids before, my 561da335fd hand was trembling e13b7f74a7 slightly, probably because ccda0a5128 most of them 886f5fd640 were carnivorous beastfolk.0dc4b3d4c3c486d2

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Ed firmly held my 402897364d shaking hand.861edb8884ed9fa5

In the 534c1705d0 meantime, the 083e0fb7bf children’s attention 2cb9a3cb73 shifted away 9095a59631 from me 2c3379095e and Ed.9c0e1e64d391954f

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Before I 51c4fb508b realized it, 4682fa30b0 Billy had b7b3785eaf let go 6ee7ec2aa0 of my fc8b9adb2c hand and 5865d5a05a stepped back 525718c8a3 behind the ad3d50a9b0 classroom threshold.fcaa609a3e016b22

Now the kids 2673fe8939 had turned their fc3fc848d1 attention to him.d889e46b7fc8ff50

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Excited, they 6d404908e7 ran toward 27fd1c33eb Billy but b44bbfda59 flinched and 9b25d643ca backed away 08dad8fa1f the moment a2ffae49b5 they got 70c91a5866 close and 951a8e79bd saw him 28b079c8c5 clearly.b8f223328cb2d46d

Ed, unfazed by this, c948de8c8b pointed to Billy and d07d414ae7 shouted,742154b4d04b2a5e

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“He’s my dad!”c21f67d132c55fa0

Now I 04004ef1b2 had a 964ee94fbc husband I e7551fdbb1 didn’t even b0f235bbe5 know about.acfa470a2e08f120

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In the blink e4d9b162c8 of an eye, 8d35cbfa50 I’d become a 7f51d424a5 sheep with a c91a87ed3e wolf husband and 9b6e11969e child, but this 7cb2c66c19 wasn’t the time 01a93c3012 to worry about 8285ba75a6 that.5d3868764c783e7c

“Waaah!”5c30cb027e16b058

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One of the 33d01ca901 kids suddenly burst 51e45b9fcd into tears after 63594814cf seeing Billy.ef5479e454f0d459

Startled, I quickly rushed ad13f52efa over and hugged the 56da8ec5c7 child, who was sobbing a71abc1c20 big, fat tears.01cc0b2b009870c3

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“It’s okay. He’s not ca11ecd23f a bad ec503f39aa beastfolk. He just 079a04181d looks a e5ed634e71 bit scary, 296c17a991 right?”42049dac133d05d1

I tried to comfort 40784869d6 the child by explaining b8fb15036a it from their perspective, 2cfd6b3b71 but I couldn’t help 9afe634e31 feeling self-conscious.2bc5ac304b74a8a1

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As soon as I 9950f82001 said it, I glanced 3ecd845f37 nervously at Billy to 4ae8b6a551 check his reaction, and 4f0f624ac1 seeing his twitching eyebrows, 0cbca4d92a I could tell he e979d85037 wasn’t too pleased.eb9c9819a49e3b57

But the child showed ac02191382 no signs of calming 32287eb84d down.9c7aea7d3258bbdd

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It was strange—they should’ve d5714a6fc0 stopped crying by now.54518ef8692126ea

“Um… Miss Remi, could f3972d288c I speak with you 899b48982c for a moment?”fea8317a73cbcbc9

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As I stood there c305e431f3 sweating while holding the 69645b1fec sobbing child, the director 015c717283 gently called me to 6a8bc51c6d the director’s office.c769348dfa46dbd4

Still holding the 1176058583 now-hiccupping child, I e181b536af followed her inside—and 62dc93fb92 that’s when I fab61e029b heard something I b11aee8ab1 hadn’t known before.96fbd234e075968e

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“To be honest… e3a1c84fd9 in the wolf 13e3baa447 territory, the head effdf16f9d of the family 89555528f0 is a figure 88afa51ea9 of fear.”07a471e713d7cb74

“R-Really?”1a45a170da32664a

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I had wanted to 7caee68287 ask, “What do you 0c1627be93 mean, a figure of 8b511c43f8 fear?” but couldn’t manage 8b92ffc767 to get the words 2f78cd282d out properly.e7fa0cd02c9f2833

It was 4885f1bfcf still difficult b1cc4d672d to have 59be955497 a private 40c61222be conversation with 55f852cbb8 the director, a7f85fcf70 a wolf e9550049e1 beastfolk, in db0a27f075 the director’s e8e1d72261 office—especially when c4dab29bec I was e6fbfdc323 still only 62500f0974 used to ceeb850fcd Ed and b3c1293f69 Billy.73a565142954864a

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“It’s a bit awkward 8cdd0c65fc to say this to 21b282649a someone from another territory… 7643535f82 but I felt you 12d29c5e09 should know, Miss Remi.”94f3c2b35d988b84

The director cautiously began a6147621d0 explaining a rumor about 7a3a3e5966 Billy that everyone in 331b665dc5 the wolf territory apparently 6b1ae0d176 knew.b0e318635ff0af0c

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Originally, the 66e4c3bfcb head of 65cfb299c1 the Louvre d7516437bb family was ac5366f8b6 supposed to 7a67a63c0d be Billy’s 420ee2a4fb older brother.9c089907b5f0f10a

However, their uncle, who f8c279f952 coveted the position, staged 85cd75fb3b an accident and eliminated 61799d176e Billy’s brother.9d89ee938dbd6936

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Because of that, e2b8de6594 Billy lost both c5bb31c75a his brother and ce5403fd5f sister-in-law in an 5e1ecf26e7 instant, and even 20f0e4d0bb the whereabouts of 6249f13073 their child became afff4a9543 unknown.d91d9cff3652daef

Billy wasn’t fbb3dc70b7 even of 763b91d5ef age back 929bfc8d91 then.2520b72c82e7edf2

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Waiting for f4af2f42eb the day 855cc8b9f5 he came f07885c1c1 of age, 7b19a670dc he sharpened 97c318ab8f his blade 08326b9933 of revenge e85f5c7a2f and eventually 3fe43f9089 took back 9ccece4b17 the family b84e58bcd1 head position d585e9358f by killing fd3a191659 his uncle 72e25a330e in a 2acd705510 brutal manner.b8cc7e090debc619

This incident became ea88437d4a known not just 54f44ddfbd in the wolf cbef5a623b territory, but across 3dfff03348 all territories.4f2ef3caf7caea74

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That’s how ee96c5a796 Billy Louvre, 5e8a2dd814 the new 5526892c05 head of a166981a21 the Louvre 8f5628236f family, gained 81d9de119e his terrifying c2053814ea reputation.ebbba830e2315d23

“So now, when kids 487e68d745 misbehave, adults scare them 90b88393e7 by saying, ‘Billy Louvre 26b359bd25 will come get you.’”91b77a492f4777d9

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“Ohh, so 314a94b204 that’s why 54564fe538 that kid 2866697cae was so 90d0093052 scared of 5e3c958126 him.”8af5afcdd9cddd09

“He probably grew b636dee282 up hearing things 45073a049d like that.”2cee182e49ca45a1

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Now I understood why 968d58f70f the child cried so e0bb827895 hard at the sight 5b94e8fc5d of Billy.6b8ff3c7a2b4be01

“I just thought 2669e8516c it was because f4547f3cdb he looked scary…”f9202c6296d6ddb0

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I never could have 487c33dbbd imagined all the complicated dfdd3315e3 details.e6d2dc919eade214

To think 2f3169a553 someone I 8d04548074 know is cc4744f0b9 the very 5be7486356 figure kids 5d4d562594 are terrified 1350e1e3e2 of—it was b77e08ee0f a strange 23e9a7cc2d feeling.8a7b962cd89e15cb

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Even before 6afa302fd5 I transmigrated, 4cc8ac813d there were e9cb51806f adults who c205f253cd used similar 73b1fedfe9 scare tactics, 83d45e8314 but knowing 1216e8fad5 that someone f8595cf511 I personally 6416814fa4 knew was 0dd6a31367 that symbol 70d1311ed3 of fear 7da9ca98f3 made it 2318a6bfc5 feel different.3b93e2af1a4267ac

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‘To have gone through 2aad216d52 something like that at 55e15ac093 such a young age…’ed75c7a9ebca02c6

I had 6f3ec31b69 read the 92ffe5dd42 original work 5a012b2466 and knew 05884f18b8 something like 3befc5c48e this had 8a56ac2832 happened, but e4eb083595 hearing the 93792d08bc full story 7b6b4c7540 made it e9fae094dc hard to 1eb8fb35a5 even imagine 7c081fe952 the hardships 37b45f68db Billy had b735af21ac endured.50bcb764316f2bde

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“Still, no d3a3362ed2 one says b73b69fdfe the head a3f340fea6 of the 92faa1b14e family did a5f7569e0d anything wrong. They’re just afraid of aff19aed3f him, that’s all.”a6ed3cf7895ce12e

The director, noticing my dcdea0a4aa trembling legs, added another bdafab95db comment.05a13b6b8bb1b77f

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“I always thought e3fe328ca0 you were an 8641a89142 impressive person, Miss 380209dce1 Remi, but to ff8bff1e02 be working on 008b9d746a leg training even 14331566fd during daily life—are a08ae5effa you training to da5e8382ec get stronger?”b1c44951364827a5

“Pardon?”8a154c6bf8c2ea58

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“I’ve already b7962a9667 heard the d1026d033d rumors about 6d1fa48531 how you f0f2a66b9e beat up 0582b0b544 a gorilla.”81b4615117ba67da

“Ah… ha ha.”e68ed63dec332d2b

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I had nothing to 71ae9a7ba2 say, so I gave f2eb048e03 an awkward laugh and b66e0f624a looked at the child 40586d469b again.150c8a36ddf25501

The kid 7ee438dfec had finally 069f125ac9 stopped crying ec2c02dd21 and fallen f5ef0b8503 asleep, sniffling a08c1330ae softly with d6b6b04067 their head f5b85733f4 resting on 3fb6f3812f the director’s 07863d1249 lap.3f5589eb58e3fcc7

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I gazed aaf88a90be at the 8d6103a666 child with 2f86265920 a complicated 3a91339d61 expression, then f08882cb56 stood and b8c76f3781 returned to b698d3507e the classroom 74307cb590 where the 1362b6a29f other kids 552239a065 were.8702d8f9eb849921

“You’re back?”ce70eef89fb03ddb

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Billy greeted me with fc86e2be65 a smile as if a23b74eaa9 nothing had happened earlier.776bb2b4e0516eb5

Maybe it was because 5dbe6db503 of what I had 9eab19b5ba just heard, but it 67fb46326b suddenly felt harder to 7750b5a6f0 act normal around him.27760eafb8a61c01

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I was scared a512099b47 too, after all.7cbde43caaae7248

The cold-hearted image of 3c1fdf5dde Billy from the original 8a84d9ffe3 story kept surfacing in 587b365443 my mind.797798a50c777f1e

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I avoided his 1f8b919298 eyes and tried 2a16fa8599 to act casual be95d803cd as I asked,ef79b4ce5713e0d2

“Where’s Ed?”befae8715e503ae0

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Billy turned 36633c5a1d to look cee9f543fe inside the cfbb98c428 classroom.17757eea0c72056b

Following his 911e943435 gaze, I d5f8801f09 saw Ed f5338f06a1 happily playing 2b534630a8 with the 42b73433aa other children.9d821b01a036b5da

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In moments be49d4fbd0 like this, 982599d44a he looked 45f80ac2f1 every bit 17fb8ed163 like the e3823e83ba child he b0c0a3fe2e was, and b30929a9fc a warm d5f17cade5 smile crept aee057c152 onto my c59e761cec face.fe0f075ae27d2549

“Huh? I don’t see e6f944dc8f a few of 0ee5fa428d the kids from dc1dc68c44 last time.”5f3c953b30f19bf3

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That’s when I realized 2e7a3f8b71 that some new faces b7ee29be89 were here, while a 0b2fc71047 few of the children 1d4830494f I remembered were gone.d3f8e7187be142f4

“This is b15b7d60fa a temporary 97a383b9aa shelter. Once we 60e84715b8 find the 83f679e56c kids’ parents 3b6381ff34 or guardians, 8bbb876fdd we send 7fb2a701dc them home 033fdbefdd right away.”e24444ff46382faa

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That was good to 8d8c5aca4a hear.ccd241f0e215dac5

I had thought b04e3184f5 all the children 3a0c4423d5 here had no 17789aeb21 guardians, but I d5dd69fc5e was wrong.95ca9a12fefb0dc3

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With hope that the cbbff3f69e rest of the children 8b1b570317 would soon find their 92e3ee1b98 families too, I quietly cd19da162e watched them play.6a545248e8cd104a

It was 8fd18d104f already time 4dccaed57b to return f4dc3ccdff to the cb87de7aa1 Louvre mansion.a9faf48b4eba330a

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“Bye!”f30d7433fca53d12

“Come play 3f8de6e358 with us e5e9e6099e again!”f1b970aada249865

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The children now seemed 95115c0400 to like Ed more 387a96567e than me. Ed also 28545c2738 eagerly waved 8382e62850 his hand, 01f2f3b375 as if e71e85e3bf he’d enjoyed 5dedd3eb08 playing with fa01a18afa kids his 6493ab648a own age.298fa6e30c8673d4

Not long after 225fe2c7db getting into the ee8140c8e2 carriage, Ed fell ea57e47831 asleep and leaned 7d4e5695ba against me, slipping 3d10703ae3 into a deep 9cdb52155b slumber.9c8ae5bf2fd8cb94

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Silence settled in. The chatter of Ed b41809af0b was gone, but the 440c30af70 carriage felt instantly quiet.44b879c041737288

I thought I wouldn’t be scared anymore, even sharing this small carriage with Billy… but I was wrong.36a3359b53ce72a4

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I tried 519f55b355 my best 5addd07632 not to 85f88660b8 disturb Ed’s 6aa20b3484 sleep. Still, even 7cfb2efe0e though I 2f7007581b sat still, fb2a5fa4d7 my darting 896a2dedfc eyes gave ed3a9f7845 me away.dd8ebd662fca5973

If I’m this obvious, 56dfb6261d Billy’s definitely going to 098bd8cd6e notice.b76fd1d301ce9275

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He already 3ea17ba6f9 knew I 697d726d58 was afraid 34df526131 of carnivorous 30625a6f8b beastmen, but 47dcd15acc if I d6558e818e showed even 7fba2beca6 more fear 36c1d3e256 than usual, b6efc38fda he’d surely 07969f8da1 ask if 750fa56e11 something had 8b87cdac48 happened.14e59a5ae256e67c

Then I 841221fece remembered the 4df1d993e8 moment I 8da8d7a016 completed the 9b097e85b6 “Getting Closer ddacb80806 to the d5ba083798 Wolf” quest. It had 405b8d9cbe said I’d 2b31985e78 never be 0091d7c992 able to a98c347cd7 overcome my fafac3ea79 phobia unless 5da5ad5bc0 I did 45e1335db3 it.5259f53222a3fddf

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That meant 703bc5dfa4 now that cc46105677 I had f2d4d4d0f7 succeeded, I 99517b9103 could overcome ba983b1121 it—if I 2554ea40b6 set my 39ea736356 mind to a1a263fdbd it.2ffb20d93bde3a8e

I had 0483fc9b8c already resolved 2df7c5e262 to stop 2139097a9c startling the f6eb88f6eb servants in b8e5be5e81 the mansion 03518865ba while walking e4e6d36145 around with ab1801f8e2 Ed. That determination now burned ff4509d1a1 even stronger.a36bfe90003acf77

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If I overcome 9ad2b8975e this phobia, I 66768ce161 won’t tremble in 9cb0613275 front of Billy d1706e2ec0 anymore.7c8bd11461f3e252

Time to 9df2ec793b show them d04b992394 the true 7ac1364eb7 strength of ec7316d0f7 a sheep 035862e490 who took aceacfb337 down a dedd7c583d gorilla.c39dc961ab39114f

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With my 6976b7d002 lips tightly 173ab7f5a6 pressed together, a5396011ad I gazed 7de3d19d6e at Ed e28466a518 with determined 8aa47fd99e eyes.be7badf98a0c8062

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Billy, sitting b319b06f5d across from 7d4a923278 Remi, couldn’t 4e3c2d1b96 help but eb54fb6bdb be unusually 4570a97083 aware of f99481345d her today. Still, he tried to 4f8004dddb act casual.718070342ef207b1

I think I understand why Ed said that…00061cded5916e95

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He’s a child. It’s only 5451c8708a natural that 59f254d3a1 he might fc90c4e41a want parents. Since he was 9fcb7cecd4 fond of Remi, b596ba7b09 he might have a202bb41a6 come to think 9e62e0d9a5 of her as a98ba34208 a mother figure.07b1649ff052f104

When Remi had 515fec8dc4 tried to deny 98db34bfe1 what Ed said, 0fa7745a3f Billy had grabbed 437a379e44 her hand without d8b2893e64 thinking.0e746642ec61d0a6

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He was planning 74985ffd76 to tell Ed, c530a5e83c once they were ec8bad2a10 back at the 40a5432976 mansion, not to 005fc735a0 say things like 94413661f9 that in front 6764aa9b74 of others.280a82bf22a83b1c

It was completely b591a6e424 understandable that a 68c997e67a child might wish c37247dfde a caring adult 94f6f20cdc was their mom.74b1d4eefa3872d5

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But calling him dad?95057b24044bb9f9

Never even been in 1503926beb a relationship, and suddenly ad9f31e6bf I have a wife.1342059d52e3ccc2

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Before coming c29f8b9ad8 of age, 02680b514e he’d had deed1b9f56 no interest 00854c9835 in romance. And after that, he’d 0c73ee18e2 been too focused on c9c9e7b92e preparing to take down dba9796242 his uncle and reclaim ee5f86c8ab his family to even d1515cf0e9 think about love.cf346c62ee26f02f

Maybe it was when dc3e2de352 things had settled, and 01a20e3ed9 he was searching for 812fde1d5e Ed, that his butler 5e3d1fc322 suggested meeting noblewomen—either from 87c8193879 the wolf territory or 5194c509d6 others.ace505b6074e1f0d

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But Billy had f15a1ad32f said he planned 13a2c2cbbd to pass the ccfb8776ad headship to Ed, 5c5609a706 so he didn’t f3d1fa36d9 need romance or 616937e981 marriage.5bb1e7071a0a417a

And yet… to meet 78821eebce someone like this.876677a61b2b680a

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It was a d790e011c4 strange and fateful b89cc95c6c encounter. Billy thought back on ce14fdca5d how deeply etched Remi af829d1b4d had become in his 9b53c943ca mind.3635a5a53c8fc745

He’d thought edfff8e94a she was e49c7f5030 dead. But when he saw 1f5692e772 her unexpectedly in that b8a9d34355 place, he recognized her 69e14aeefb instantly. And since 578debd7bf Ed refused 39c65e8b51 to be 6a5ff3ea74 separated from 71bb53f2a4 her, he 2c319d123e brought her 2880a10d93 to the c76a540d3f Louvre mansion.2e2a2bd64b1ca4ad

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Billy now 6bdc5e15ee looked with 4195861e8b deep eyes 3a3666f1d7 at Remi, 1fbe7e1d5c who had 6b93f5de31 fallen asleep 90de0c841d with her d52d5b1b6b head resting 3ffa20b737 against Ed’s.f388487345b3aba3