The Alpha's Regret: Her New Hero is a gripping fantasy romance that delves into the complexities of love, regret, and power in a world where wolves rule. When the Alpha's past mistakes come back to haunt him, a new hero arises to change the course of fate. Amidst battles, betrayals, and passionate struggles, the heroine must choose between her past love and a new protector who could reshape everything. Prepare for a journey filled with intense emotions, fierce loyalty, and thrilling supernatural twists.
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00:00To let my mate focus on his position, I stayed behind in the old estate, caring for his ailing
00:04mother. In this ten years, Kalen returned once a year. He never touched me. He said that if I
00:10were to carry a pup while he was away, there would be no one to look after me, and that
00:14would break
00:14his heart. Every time he left, he cursed himself for his failings, swore on the moon he would come
00:19for me once he had made something of himself. In the eleventh winter, heavy snow blocked the roads.
00:25Kalen sent word that he would be delayed. I was about to bring the news to Lady Maren when I
00:29heard her speaking with my sister-in-law. Mother, you've been faking this illness for over ten years.
00:34How much longer? What else can be done? Kalen's heart has always belonged to that sworn sister of
00:39his. They bonded in secret, behind the pack's back. Their pups are nearly grown. If we don't keep Elena
00:44here, she'll go to the city and destroy everything. Kalen's rank as Alpha of the Eastern Pack would be
00:48finished. Let it be. Keep quiet. Kalen said once his position is secure, he will make it right with
00:53Elena. My eyes burned. Kalen wasn't struggling. He was Alpha of the Eastern Pack, and he hadn't been
00:59keeping his distance to protect me. He had someone else. I went to the training grounds and found the
01:04low-ranking warrior who had watched me for years. Do you still want me as your mate?
01:09Elena, I will treat you well. But give me one month. I march out tonight. This time I'll return
01:14with a deed worth claiming you. I don't need glory. Just come back safe. I watched him leave,
01:22then walked home. The estate should have been dark. Mother, you should have gone to bed by now.
01:29A tall figure stood against the candlelight. A familiar voice cut through the wind and snow.
01:34Elena, I'm home.
01:38A year had passed. Kalen carried himself differently now, steadier, with the quiet authority that comes
01:45with rank. He opened his arms, waiting for me to go to him the way I always had. I didn't.
01:51You haven't eaten, have you? Let me make you something.
01:55What's wrong? A year apart and you're not glad to see me? Are you angry with me?
02:01Go sit with Mother. I'll call you when the food is ready.
02:03Before I'd learned the truth, I had missed him. Had been a little cross with him, too. No mate wants
02:08to be kept so far away, for so long. But once I understood everything, I stopped wanting anything.
02:13Things became simpler. Better to part quietly than to rage and stay. I remained silent and cooked in the
02:18kitchen. Kalen followed. Elena, what's happened? Have you heard something?
02:22Out here in the backwoods, we barely see a stranger from one season to the next. What would I have
02:26heard? Don't worry yourself, Kalen. Elena, I came back to bring you all to the city.
02:30But there's something I need to tell you first. My chest tightened. I already knew what was coming.
02:34After ten years, he had finally run out of patience.
02:38You must be Elena. I'm Cerith. Kalen's sworn sister. And his mate.
02:44These are mine and Kalen's. Go on, call her Auntie Elena.
02:47Elena. Auntie Elena. Elena, let me explain.
02:53Elena, let me explain. I was ambushed by rogue wolves on the road to the city. Cerith saved my
02:57life. I only meant to take her in as a sworn sister. But she had no one, no pack, nowhere
03:01to
03:01go. I wanted to give her a home. It was gratitude, nothing more. If you're hurt, curse me, strike me,
03:06I'll bear it. I only ask that once you come to the city, you and she can find some people.
03:10Going to the city is a good thing. I'm not upset. Mother hasn't recovered in all this time.
03:15Perhaps the city healers will do what ours couldn't.
03:18Really? You forgive me? Elena, start packing tonight. We leave in two days and we'll make
03:24it back for Christmas. Mother doesn't have much. Packing her things won't take long.
03:30I'll sort her medicines for the road. You can all leave at first light.
03:33What do you mean? You're not coming with us?
03:38I met his gaze. My voice stayed level.
03:40Kaylin, if we leave for good, I need to settle the land and the estate first.
03:46Leaving it empty still means taxes to the pack. That's wasteful.
03:50Go ahead and take everyone home for Christmas. Once I've handled things here, I'll come to
03:55you in the spring.
03:56When I had first come to this estate, we lived in a borrowed den with walls that let the wind
04:00through, funding his studies, saving coin, until I had bought this house and these two
04:05fields. It had ended the family's hunger. It had given Kaylin a place to become what
04:10he was.
04:10Elena, I'm Alpha of the Eastern Pack now. Silver is not the problem. Give the land to whoever
04:15needs it. Save yourself the trouble.
04:17I earned it with my own hands. I'm not ready to let go. Trust me. Once it's done, I'll come
04:24to you. I won't be long.
04:25Kaylin hesitated.
04:27Kaylin, don't waver. The council's watching you.
04:29You leave her here and they dig into it and she says the wrong thing. Your seed is gone.
04:34I wasn't slow. I heard exactly what Kareth had just said. So it wasn't a change of heart
04:39that had brought Kaylin back. If the pack council confirmed it, they would report it to the High
04:43Alpha. The High Alpha was a man who mated once and meant it.
04:48If Kaylin wanted to keep his rank, the most important thing was keeping me quiet. It would
04:53be a lie to say that didn't hurt.
04:5513 years. I had given this mating everything. Kaylin was pack-born but useless with his
04:59hands. Lady Marin was old and couldn't help. His brother was worse than useless. The whole
05:03family ran on my back. I never complained. I nursed Lady Marin. I had believed that kind
05:08of devotion would hold a mate for life. I had overestimated what I was worth to him. I finally
05:13understood what they say. A man who climbs always drops what carried him. I held back the
05:17burn in my eyes. Kept it from spilling. So that's what you're worried about?
05:24I can put it in writing. Whoever asks, I'll say I'm Kaylin's pack-sister, his adopted blood
05:30kin. Nothing more. Lady Marin and Kareth both stared. After a long silence, Kaylin said, half
05:37believing,
05:37You would really do that for me? I smiled and nodded. For you, I would do anything. But
05:45to be safe, there's something you need to destroy first. Kaylin was cautious. What? I answered
05:52without flinching. The mating scroll. Yours and mine.
05:57Out here in the back territories, we hadn't stood on ceremony when we bonded. A mating scroll,
06:03a shared cup. That was all it had taken. No pack record. No council seal. So if the scroll was
06:09gone, I was no longer Kaylin's mate. I only had to wait for the warrior to come home. Then I
06:15could
06:15be claimed properly. I expected Kaylin to want this without hesitation. Instead, he went quiet.
06:22Elena, you once told me that scroll was the most precious thing you owned.
06:26You've given so much for this pack. For me, if you burn the last thing you held onto,
06:32how much would that cost you? Let's leave the scroll as it is.
06:37He had seen everything I'd sacrificed. He had remembered all of it. And still,
06:42year after year, he had left me here while he built a life with someone else.
06:46If he could watch out all of that and stay, then I had no reason left to hold onto one
06:50sheet of
06:51parchment. But I knew him. He wouldn't simply let me go.
06:57Kaelin, you know how much that scroll means to me. But for your future, I have to let it go.
07:04Once you take me to the city properly, you can make me a new one. Wouldn't that be enough?
07:11She's right. Your position can't afford loose threads. Burn it. Elena has done this for you.
07:22Make it up to her later. Elena, hiding this from you, that was wrong. But trust me,
07:29I will make this right. Wait for me. I will come for you myself with the best claiming gifts I
07:34can
07:35find. I'll take you as Kaelin again, properly this time. In that moment, he looked entirely sincere.
07:41I chose not to believe it. I decided it was only something I was imagining. I lit both scrolls
07:47myself. The fire took them. That absurd mating those wasted years. And with them, the last of
07:54what I had held onto for over a decade. After Kaelin had gone in with Kareth and the children,
08:02she dropped the act entirely and sank to her knees in front of me.
08:08Elena, I failed you. I hid it from you all these years. You must hate me.
08:17Her hair had gone fully white. She was crying without restraint. I couldn't bring myself to
08:22leave her there. I helped her up. Mother, I know you love your son too much. I don't blame you.
08:32The illness was a pretense, but your body has aught its real troubles.
08:37When you reach the city, listen to the healers. Elena, how can you be so good? When I'm gone,
08:44who will ever look after me the way you have?
08:48No matter what Kaelin does to you, I will always count you as my own daughter.
08:53I will never let anyone mistreat you.
08:57I understood her helplessness. I had never held it against her. But I was done trusting her too.
09:02She was still a mother. No matter what she said, her heart would always tilt toward her son.
09:06If the day came when she had to choose between Kaelin and me, she would choose him without a
09:10second thought. Mother, it's fine. Whoever Kaelin takes as his mate, she'll be half a daughter to you.
09:17You don't owe me anything.
09:20I had barely stepped out of Lady Meryn's room when Kareth was waiting in the yard.
09:24Elena, don't take anything Kaelin says at face value. The truth is, he never rescued me.
09:31I had thought that Lady Meryn's decade of deception and Kaelin's betrayal were already the worst of it.
09:36I was wrong. There was still more they had kept from me. Serith had never saved Kaelin's life.
09:40It was the other way around. Kaelin had seen her, wanted her, used the blood sister bond as a way
09:45in,
09:46and destroyed the claiming she already had. Calling her his rescuer was Kaelin's strategy.
09:50He knew I was soft, that I always repaid what was owed. He had spoken to Lady Meryn first and
09:55built
09:55the story together. Something designed to make me accept it, to make me give in.
09:59So everything he said about claiming you properly, it's nothing. Go to the city and you'll be a lesser
10:04mate, that's all. Oh, and his mother. All that talk about treating you like a daughter, do you believe it?
10:09When it comes down to you or her own grandchildren, who do you think she picks? Are you done?
10:16The morning they left, I walked the family to the edge of the settlement. I unclasped the only thing
10:20of value I still wore, the Luna Elder's silver clasp, and placed it in Serith's hand.
10:24That's yours, Elena. Keep it.
10:26I shook my head and pinned it to Kaelin's collar myself.
10:30I said, everyone in the settlement knows this clasp is the Luna Elder's piece,
10:33passed to the mate of the Pax heir. If I keep wearing it, it draws questions. Better that
10:37Serith has it. Mother, Elena is right. When we're together again, I'll give it back.
10:40Elena, what I give you belongs to you. In my heart, you are the only true mate this family
10:45has had. When you come to the city, I will get it back for you.
10:49Foster brother, that pendant was my grandmother's, the only thing she left me. Could you return it?
10:55Elena, I'm not used to you calling me that. When there's no one listening, call me what you always
10:59have. Better to be careful. We can't hand anyone a thread to pull. Fine. Once I've claimed you
11:08properly, you can go back to it. Let me keep the pendant for now. It was your gift to me.
11:15It's
11:15what we have between us. I never understood that. He used to resent the pendant, said a grown male
11:19wearing something like that looked ridiculous. Now that I was willing to take it back, he had found
11:23reasons to keep it. Foster brother, Christmas is almost here. I'll be alone, and I'd like
11:28something to hold on to. When I come to the city, I'll make you another. Kaelin gave it up without
11:33warmth, pressing the pendant and a folded stack of silver notes into my hands. At the last moment,
11:38he turned back. He gripped my hand once. Stay home and wait. When spring opens the roads,
11:42I'll come for you myself. There's one more thing I haven't told you yet. All right. I watched them go,
11:47then walked back inside. I reached to the top of the cabinet and took down the pack I had already
11:52prepared.
11:54I left the silver notes on the table. Then I turned north and didn't look back. The warrior I had
11:59promised myself to was somewhere in that direction. I meant to be claimed before Kaelin ever came to
12:03collect me. When that day came, I would be someone else's. There would be nothing left to untangle,
12:08nothing left to demand of me. Winter roads are slow. I had little silver, and I was too careful
12:12with it to hire a cart. I walked when I could, stopped to take work in whatever town would have
12:16me,
12:16and moved on again when I'd saved enough. By the time the cold began to ease, I was close to
12:21the
12:21northern border. Elena, the border war is over. The northern campaign won. Once they've processed
12:26the captured forces, they'll be heading back through the territory. You'll see your promised
12:29mate before long. Your mate is a hero of this pack. Call it a gift from me. Hire a cart.
12:33Go meet
12:33him at the border city. Thank you. Hired a cart, and arrived before the soldiers did. With what little
12:39silver I had left, I found the city watch captain and pressed it into his hand. Captain, my promised
12:45mate's name is Aldric. When he arrives, please tell him I'm waiting in the second house east of the
12:51city gate. Your Aldric's promised mate? He smiled a little awkwardly. Keep it. Just put in a word for
13:01me if you ever get the chance. I had no idea what he meant. Aldric was a low-ranking warrior.
13:06What good
13:06would a word from him do? The captain had probably mistaken him for someone else. Still, silver saved
13:11was, silver saved. Waiting wasn't easy. I knew what Aldric felt for me. He had shown it for years.
13:17But I had been made it before. I wasn't sure whether he had said yes out of true wanting,
13:21or out of something that would fade. Then again, I thought it through, and it settled. If he had
13:26changed his mind, I would manage on my own. I had two hands and enough stubbornness. I wouldn't starve.
13:31Once I was at peace with that, everything felt lighter. I started cutting fabric for a claiming dress,
13:38the best material I could find. Useful if things went well. A small pleasure for myself if they
13:42didn't. The first time I was claimed, there had been no wedding at all. The pack had nothing. No
13:46wedding dress. No feast. When I'd finally had coin to spare, the first thing I did was return two full
13:51jugs to that neighbor. She had held my hands and cried,
13:53Elena, a girl like you? Why did you stay in that pack? You've suffered so much. You're strong and
13:57you're lovely. You could have had an elder son and it wouldn't have been reaching. Why tie yourself to
14:01a scholar who can't lift his own pack and grind your life away? That's your bias speaking. I trust him.
14:05He won't fail me. You are such a fool. Now I understood. She was the one who had seen clearly.
14:11The day I slipped away from the settlement, I had nearly walked into Kaylin's sister-in-law.
14:17It was that neighbor who spotted her first. She held the woman back, then sent her husband to pass
14:21me word. Move. Now. Elena, that pack was never worthy of you. Go. Live freely. Stop letting them
14:30keep you caged. I'll deal with your sister-in-law. They won't know you're gone for a while.
14:37I never found out what she said to buy me the time, but it had worked. For an entire month,
14:42no one had come looking. People, though, have a way of undoing themselves. On the third day,
14:46a cart stopped outside my door. I thought it was Aldrich. I ran out. It wasn't. Kaylin stood there,
14:53dust on his shoulders. Elena.
14:54His voice worn down to gravel.
14:58Kaylin said, Elena, you have no idea how long I've been looking for you. He was across the yard in
15:03a
15:03few strides, his hand locking around my wrist hard enough to grind. Kaylin said, Elena, you promised
15:08me. Why did you leave? Why come all the way out here? I spent half a month preparing. I rode
15:13to the
15:13settlement myself to bring you home, and the house was empty. I said, do you know how frightened I was?
15:18I stopped pulling against his grip. Alpha Kaylin, why waste your concern on me? The mating scroll is
15:23ash. I'm not your pack anymore. Where I go, whether I live or die, none of that is your matter.
15:29Kaylin's jaw tightened. Elena, I know you're hurting, but this kind of recklessness doesn't
15:34suit you. You told me you would come to the city. You gave me your word. How can you break
15:38it like
15:38this? Something in me gave up trying to stay composed. I said, when we were claimed, you gave
15:44me your word too. You swore on the moon you would never take another mate. You broke that one first.
15:49So, between the two of us, I'd say we're even.
15:55Kaylin saw that I meant it. His eyes went red at the edges. He pulled me close until there was
16:00almost no space between us. Thirteen years. You think that just...cancels? Elena, I know
16:07I've wronged you. Let me make it right. Come back with me. I'll give you equal standing. You won't be
16:12beneath Kareth in anything. I promise. I couldn't stop a short, dry sound from escaping.
16:17Kaylin took it for pride over the title and frowned. Elena, equal standing is the best I can do right
16:23now. Sareth, what she did for me, what she did for you. Are you still going to use that story?
16:29I cut him off. Kaylin, your apology has no effort in it at all. Kaylin went still. His eyes shifted.
16:35What do you mean by that?
16:39I watched the change move across his face and I took it apart, piece by piece.
16:43Tarith already told me everything. There were no rogue wolves. There was no rescue. You saw her,
16:49wanted her, and used the sworn sister bond to get close. You destroyed the claiming she already had
16:54and took her for yourself, calling her your rescuer. That was cover. Nothing more. Kaylin's face went pale.
16:59He opened his mouth. Nothing came out. I was done wasting time. I moved to see him out. He found
17:05his voice. Elena, listen to me. Kareth is possessive. She said all of that to drive a wedge
17:10between us. You know how it is. No mate wants to share. I cut him off. I felt nothing in
17:15my chest
17:16anymore. It had all gone numb. You understand that, which is why you kept me out here for 10 years,
17:21alone, while your mother faked an illness to hold me in place. Isn't that right?
17:28I said, if you care about her so much, stop chasing me. You'll hurt me and you'll hurt her.
17:33I wrenched my wrist free and stepped back. The Elena who existed before is gone. She died the day
17:38she found out the truth. Who I am now has no connection to you, to Kaylin, to your pack.
17:43Out of whatever feeling I once had, I won't say a single word against you. I'm only asking you to
17:48leave. My promised mate is returning with the army. I don't want him to misread this. Kaylin's spine
17:54went rigid. He looked up at me. He said, promised mate? Who? What's his name? I said,
18:00a low-ranking warrior. No one you'd know. Please go, Kaylin's expression curdled. Elena,
18:05have you lost your mind? You'd pass up an alpha of the Eastern pack for some common soldier with
18:11a border stipend? He said, he could be dead by next season. And even if he's not, what does he
18:19earn?
18:19You'd go back to going hungry. You're not young anymore. Do you really want that kind of
18:24life again? I looked at him steadily. I wasn't afraid of hardship when I chose you.
18:30I'm not afraid of it now. Don't speak about my promised mate like that.
18:35He may not have your rank, but what he feels for me is real. Unlike you.
18:40Kaylin opened his mouth, then stopped. A long pause, then more controlled.
18:45Elena, you've misread all of this. I never stopped carrying you. He seemed to decide that words weren't
18:50enough and cut himself off. Come back with me. I'll show you. Give me the chance.
18:55The border campaign's war alpha, General Vane. He and I go back. I'll speak to him. As long as that
19:01warrior is reasonable, I'll find him a proper match myself. I'll cover the claiming gifts.
19:09I had always been slow to anger. This was one of the few times I wasn't. Staring at Kaylin, I
19:16struggled
19:16to contain my fury as I questioned him, asking if he had lost his mind. He didn't put it plainly,
19:22but I understood perfectly. He intended to use his status as the alpha of the Eastern Pack to pressure
19:27Aldrick into stepping aside. Aldrick was just a foot soldier, with no standing to resist an alpha of the
19:33Eastern Pack. In desperation, I grabbed the sword from Kaylin's side. I pressed the blade firmly
19:39against my own throat, warning him that if he dared to go near Aldrick, I would end my life right
19:44then
19:44and there. I told Kaylin that my life was not worth much, but if a pack alpha drove a free
19:51woman to her
19:52death, his own fate would not be better. Kaylin had always thought of me as cautious, and someone who
19:57valued her own life. He had never imagined I would resort to threatening my own life. He froze
20:03instantly, his voice dropping low as he urged me to put down the sword, saying we could talk things
20:08through. I didn't move an inch, firmly telling him there was nothing to talk about. If he didn't
20:13want me dead, he had to write down his promise immediately. The promise was simple. From that day
20:19on, if anything happened to me or my betrothed, Aldrick, he would be held fully responsible.
20:26Kaylin had spent years in pack politics, and would never willingly leave evidence that could be used
20:31against him. But as he looked at the sword pressed to my throat, his tone remained steady. He agreed
20:36to write it down, but said he had come in a hurry and had nothing to write with, asking me
20:40to go
20:40inside to find him ink and parchment. I didn't think ahead, turning toward the house at once.
20:46But the moment my back was to him, he moved. He snatched the sword from my hand, didn't even
20:52glance at me. He ordered his escort to hold me while he went to find General Vane. His men reacted
20:58quickly, seizing me before I could respond. I couldn't even utter a curse.
21:03Just then, a deep, calm, and resonant voice came from beyond the gate. The voice asked Alpha Kaylin
21:10why he was there, and mentioned that he had heard his name, wondering if something was wrong.
21:17I didn't recognize that voice. But moments later, I heard Kaylin's tone shift to one of deference as
21:23he greeted the man, addressing him as General Vane and saying what perfect timing his arrival was.
21:28He added that it was nothing urgent, just a small favor he wanted to ask of General Vane.
21:33Only then did I realize that the man before me was General Vane, the War Alpha of the Northern
21:38Territory. General Vane smiled and readily agreed to help, but asked Alpha Kaylin to wait a moment
21:43while he finished a piece of business first. Kaylin stepped back toward the gate quickly,
21:48respectfully saying he was willing to wait and telling General Vane to take his time.
21:53General Vane then dismounted from his horse and pointed directly at my door.
21:57He said that as it happened, his business was right there.
22:01Kaylin stopped abruptly, looking stunned. General Vane looked at him without further explanation,
22:07only stating that he had come to negotiate a claiming.
22:10Kaylin froze completely, unconsciously stepping in front of the gate. He tried to persuade General
22:16Vane, saying that his mate bond was well known, his children were nearly grown, and such a thing
22:21would be inappropriate. General Vane laughed heartily, shook his head, and told Kaylin he
22:27had misunderstood. This claiming was not for himself, but on behalf of his sworn son, who had
22:33been injured and couldn't come in person.
22:35I was just as confused as Kaylin, even starting to wonder if General Vane had come to the wrong
22:40house. General Vane himself looked a little uncertain as he walked past Kaylin into the
22:45yard. His escort, not wanting to get into trouble, let me go.
22:50Born in the north, General Vane was straightforward and didn't notice anything amiss.
22:55He looked straight at me and asked if I was Elena. I nodded slowly. He immediately looked satisfied,
23:01confirming he had come to the right place. He told me that his sworn son was my betrothed,
23:06Aldric.
23:09Upon hearing General Vane's words, my thoughts went sideways. Aldric was just a low-ranking
23:15soldier. How had he ended up as General Vane's sworn son?
23:19I rubbed the back of my neck and explained to General Vane that I thought there must be a mistake.
23:24My betrothed was indeed named Aldric, but he could never be General Vane's sworn son.
23:29I even wondered if there might be two people with the same name.
23:33General Vane seemed less confident as he described his sworn son's features.
23:37Born in the eastern settlement of the southern territory, with a small mark near the corner
23:41of his left eye. He asked if these features matched my betrothed. He added that if it would help,
23:47he would have his sworn son carried over for me to confirm in person. I stopped him quickly,
23:53telling him there was no need, that every detail he described matched Aldric perfectly.
23:57I begged him not to move the injured Aldric, saying that since he was hurt, I would go to
24:02see him myself. With that, I walked toward the gate, distracted. But Kalen, who had been silent
24:08for a long time, suddenly reached out and grabbed my arm, stopping me in my tracks.
24:16Kalen stood in front of me, turning to General Vane and saying there was something he should know
24:20first. He told General Vane that I was his pack sister, that he had raised me, and that he had
24:26never heard me mention the name Aldric once. He added that if Aldric and I had made promises to
24:31each other without the family's knowledge, their bond could not be recognized. Then he lowered his
24:37voice, leaned close to me, and warned me not to say anything foolish. He said that Aldric was now General
24:44Vane's sworn son, and if General Vane found out I had been mated before, I would not only lose this
24:50claiming, but also ruin Aldric's reputation. Those words hit home. Aldric had only just found his
24:57footing in the north. If I cost him everything because of my past, I would never forgive myself.
25:01I was still trying to figure out how to respond, when General Vane's expression shifted. He told Kalen
25:07firmly that his approval no longer mattered, because it was not I who had come to them, but they who
25:13had
25:13sought me out. General Vane then spoke of Aldric's deeds, saying that in this campaign, Aldric had
25:20charged into the thickest of the fighting. He had taken out the enemy's left flank and brought back
25:24the enemy commander's banner, earning the first honor of the war. Yet he had refused all rewards from
25:30the High Alpha, every single coin. Instead, he used his achievement to petition the Moon Council for a
25:37decree, a recognized claiming with me. General Vane finally warned Kalen that if his family dared to
25:44object, they would be opposing the High Alpha's own ruling. I stood there for a long time, never having
25:51imagined that Aldric would fight so fiercely for me.
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