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Chapter 11: Wolves Don’t Cry

Penulis: Ronah
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-22 15:12:22

I couldn’t breathe properly in the underground room. Not with Kael that close. Not with his voice dangerously low and wrapped in warning. I remained still as the figure behind the bars hissed something too garbled to understand. He slumped forward, chains rattling against the stone as he moved. Just the sound made my heart race.

Kael hadn’t moved from his position in front of me, and I could feel the tension in his back like a bowstring pulled too tight.

My voice came out low. “What’s his name?”

Kael was quiet. He didn’t want to say it. I could see that. Maybe because saying it made this unbearable. Or maybe because part of him still remembered the loyalty that had once existed between them.

“Reynard,” he said finally. “He was one of ours. Grew up here. Sat at my father’s war table when he was barely twenty. I trusted him more than my own blood.”

“What did he do?”

“He gave Viktor our patrol schedules,” Kael said, still not looking at me. “He mapped out our territory, showed him which
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