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Chapter 32: The Coming Truth

Author: Rosie Alcoph
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-15 19:24:32
CAIUS

Two days.

That was all the time we had before meeting Elder Aldric.

The oldest and most powerful of the Elders.

And the only one who could answer the questions that had been plaguing me ever since I met Lira.

She should have had her wolf by now.

But she didn’t.

And yet—she was stronger than any unshifted wolf I had ever seen.

I knew there was something about her.

Something more.

And soon, we would find out what.

The thought unsettled me, a deep, gnawing sensation in my gut. I was not a man prone to fear, but uncertainty had a way of burrowing deep, needling at the edges of my resolve. And Lira—Lira was the one thing I couldn’t afford to be uncertain about.

I watched her now, standing by the balcony of my office, staring at the moonlit snow that blanketed the mountains. The cold wind ruffled her dark hair, strands dancing across her face, but she didn’t seem to notice. There was something different about her since our return from the hot springs. A softness in the way she held her
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