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The Hunt Begins

作者: Rodlad
last update 公開日: 2026-04-04 14:55:49

Chapter 13

POV: Kael

The scent hit me like a warning carved straight into instinct.

It wasn’t just blood.

It was wrong.

Controlled. Measured. Deliberate in a way that immediately set every part of me on edge. Rogues did not move like this. They did not leave trails meant to be found. They did not mark territory with precision.

This was a message.

And it was meant for me.

I didn’t look at Liora immediately, but I could feel her beside me, tense, alert, her presence sharper now, her wolf closer t
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