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CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED

Penulis: Isaiahcee
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-02 15:20:12

A Message in Blood

Nina’s POV

They brought in six more before dawn.

By sunrise, there were eight.

By noon, ten.

Rogue wolves.

Two barely old enough to grow beards and one old enough to know better, all caught lurking too close to our borders with Nate’s scent on them and lies already loaded on their tongues.

They were dragged into the lower holding cells, bloodied, snarling, and arrogant enough to think they still had room to negotiate.

They didn’t.

I stood in the cell corridor with my arms cro
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