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Chapter 53: In the Quiet Between Shadows

Author: Sam K
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-18 15:35:16
Alara’s POV

The Midnight Pack woke slowly each morning, not with the harsh, immediate clang of palace bells or the roar of military drills, but like a vast, ancient forest stretching its limbs. I learned this rhythm from the window of my new room — cedar-framed, soft-lit by the muted dawn.

Here, life breathed. Wolves shifted lazily in the courtyard below, laughing easily, carrying baskets of fresh-cut wood or morning food. Their chatter rose like distant, comforting birdsong, a stark, necessary
Sam K

How will Xavier respond to the news of Alara being pregnant with twins?

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