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The sight of Naomi Martin getting so close to the pack leader left everyone else at camp shaking their heads in disbelief.The men still didn’t dare go near it, but the Capital City heiress was already getting along with it like an old friend.She had nerves of steel. There was no other way to put it.“Can you do anything about its wounds?”Naomi Martin had a knack for taming the wolf and arguing with people. Treating an injured animal was another matter. On this island, Joseph was the only person she could think to ask.Joseph followed her gaze. Bite marks covered the wolf’s body. Many had begun to scab over, trapping fur and dirt inside. Some were already oozing pus.The worst was the cut Joseph had made with his stone knife. Pus and blood seeped from it. The wound was badly infected. If it went untreated, the wolf could die.Joseph gently touched one of its wounds. The wolf yelped and scrambled into Naomi Martin’s arms, staring at him in fear.Joseph rolled his eyes. “Now you’re af
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Alice finally let out a long breath. She’d been terrified the wolf would attack Naomi Martin.Naomi Martin, meanwhile, looked delighted. She rubbed the alpha’s belly as though she were playing with a dog, and the wolf let her.If they hadn’t faced the pack themselves, no one would have believed this was the same imposing alpha that had attacked them a few days ago.At last, everyone believed Joseph. The wolf had come for help, not to attack.Still, the memory of that attack was hard to shake.Bruce Lee knew he couldn’t kill the wolf with Joseph and Naomi Martin defending it. All he really wanted was to keep anyone else from getting hurt. He trusted Joseph. He just didn’t trust the wolf.“I’m warning you now,” he said. “If that beast attacks anyone, I’ll kill it. No one’s talking me out of it. We can barely feed ourselves, and now we’re supposed to feed a wolf?”He put down his weapon and returned to his cabin, keeping a grim eye on the alpha. If it hurt someone, he was confident he co
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“Wolves usually travel in packs,” Joseph said. “We’ve checked the area. This one came alone, and there are no others lying in wait. That’s not normal. I think it’s here for another reason.”He could see the urgency in the alpha’s eyes. Animals might not have words, but their eyes could say plenty.“You’ve already tried to attack it, and there are too many of us for it to hunt. Yet it’s still here.”Only then did the others notice. The wolf hadn’t charged at them as it had before. It had howled to bring them outside, and its gaze had stayed fixed on Joseph.If it meant to attack, wouldn’t it have done so by now?Bruce Lee remained unconvinced. “Who cares what it wants? Kill it. It owes us three lives.”“Killing it won’t help much.” Joseph shook his head. “Look at it. It’s nothing like it was a few days ago. It’s all bones and wounds. There’s barely any meat on it, and the bones would only be good for soup.”He glanced at the rabbit. “Besides, if it came to attack us, why bring that?”T
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By the time Joseph finished repairing the net, the moon was high overhead. He checked his watch. It was time to sleep.Seagulls flew over him on their way to feed, dropping bird poop as they went. Joseph barely dodged it.“Are we going to have a seagull infestation now?”He hurried back into his cabin. If the birds kept circling the camp, the ground would soon be covered in droppings. But he had no good way to stop them. Seagulls were clever and quick in the air, and without proper equipment, they were hard to catch. There were too many to catch them all anyway.A few bold ones had already landed on the roofs of their makeshift cabins. Some even pecked at the coconut crab shells left over from dinner.They couldn’t let this go on forever.After everyone had settled down for the night, a pair of red eyes watched from the trees beside the camp. The creature picked up its prey in its jaws and walked toward them, startling the seagulls roosting in the branches along the way.“Awooo…”A gr
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Like an ordinary crab’s shell, the coconut crab’s had turned bright red when cooked. It had also grown harder.Joseph cracked each section with a stone so everyone could peel it open by hand. Otherwise, they’d be left holding their food without any way to eat it.White crabmeat appeared beneath the shells. A faint coconut aroma soon filled the camp, making everyone’s mouth water.But Joseph wasn’t done. He had no intention of keeping the rich golden roe inside the crab’s body for himself. They were a group, and they needed to stick together.He set a little aside for Alice and poured the rest onto a plate. After soaking in seawater for a day, it had taken on just the right amount of salt. They could use it as a dip for the crabmeat.White crabmeat with golden roe—it was a perfect combination.Noah Diaz stared at the crab in Joseph’s hands, practically drooling.“Boss, are you done yet? I’m starving.”He rubbed his stomach. He never would have guessed that something so ugly could smell
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Joseph couldn’t take it anymore.When they got home, he was going to find a doctor to examine Naomi Martin’s head. What went on in there all day?And his wife—couldn’t she spare him a little dignity?Joseph felt miserable. From now on, he’d be up against Alice and Naomi Martin together. His life was only going to get harder.“All right, that’s settled,” Naomi Martin said, taking charge. “We’ll tell everyone not to bathe here for a while. And stop being angry with her. What girl hasn’t made a mistake? She’s safe, isn’t she?”Naomi Martin was taller than Alice, and with the two of them standing together, Alice looked as if she’d found someone to lean on.As for Joseph? He might as well not have been there.The way Naomi Martin had stepped in to save her—and defended her afterward—had surprised Alice.“I was wrong about you before,” Alice said, lowering her head. “I’m sorry.”The last of her prejudice against Naomi Martin fell away. Naomi Martin had her own way of doing things. Alice had
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