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CHAPTER 25: POWER

Penulis: Ellen Edgar
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-18 03:04:04

Rhiannon's POV

The winter brought our first assassination request.

Not the rogue Alpha—that would come later. This was smaller. Practice, in a sense.

A corrupt pack enforcer who'd been taking bribes, abusing his power, and had recently started trafficking young wolves to other territories.

"The Alpha can't move against him openly," the messenger explained. "Political complications. But someone needs to stop him."

I studied the contract. The payment was significant. More importantly, the target
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