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Chapter 192

Author: REESE
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Jackโ€™s POV

I sit slumped against the cold stone wall of my cell, my head in my hands. The air is thick with despair, a suffocating weight pressing down on me. Violetโ€™s betrayal replays in my mind over and over, each word cutting deeper than the last.

She knew about Jenna. She had always known.

But how? I never told anyone. Not even Jordan. It was my burden to carry, my secret to bury. Did Jenna somehow let it slip? Noโ€”she wouldnโ€™t do that, not intentionally. And yet, the thought gnaws at me.

I canโ€™t remember ever feeling this defeated. My pack is gone, my people captured, and now Violetโ€”someone I once trusted implicitlyโ€”has turned her back on us all. Her words about being second-best, about being broken, echo in my head, and guilt claws at my chest. Had I failed her, too?

A loud clang jolts me from my spiraling thoughts. The cell door creaks open, and one of the hunters steps inside, a sneer plastered across his face. He throws a stale piece of bread at me, the loaf bouncing off
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