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Selena woke, as she did most mornings these days, to Mikhail wearing a trench into the ground with his pacing. His tail flicked back and forth as he paced up and down, his eyes glued to his feet. She was lucky—or perhaps, he was lucky—that she’d been moved out of the barracks. Her fellow guards wouldn’t be happy if he tried this sort of stunt there. As it was, she had a stall to herself, so she was the only one who had to deal with him. “Are you alright, Mik...

“You’re an idiot, Mikhail.” Mikhail jumped to his feet, crest and tail fanned out indignantly. Selena was barging into his garden uninvited! To be fair, he usually enjoyed her company, so she had an unofficial, unspoken invitation at all times. But she didn’t have to be so rude! “That’s hardly justified!” Nevermind that he didn’t actually know what specifically spurred her to action. Mikhail was certain he had a good reason for whatever it was he did....

Roxanne deliberately made her nest near the edges of their territory. She loved her family, she really did, but she didn’t want them smothering her or her hatchlings. They were too complicated. Her cousins had never fully warmed up to Roxanne or her siblings, and her parents were hardly around. Eventually, she could trust Randolph and Rebecca with their nieces and nephews, but for now, she wanted time alone with her children. In the end, it turned out to be only one child. She laid ...