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The Rattlesnake's History

Auteur: Juno Sparks
last update Date de publication: 2026-02-24 12:01:13

CORMAC

I'm running. Alpha doesn't run. Leaders don't flee. But I'm doing both.

Behind me, twelve enforcers. All that's left of my thirty. The others: dead, captured, or abandoned.

My pack. My authority. My power. Crumbling.

We reach the rendezvous point. Abandoned warehouse. Should be safe.

Should be.

My enforcers are looking at me. Waiting for orders. Expecting leadership.

I have nothing.

The battle exposed everything. My alliance with vampires. My payments from Hermetic Order. My betrayal of
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