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CHAPTER 37: DARIUS'S MISERY

Author: Ellen Edgar
last update publish date: 2025-12-22 02:49:21

Darius's POV

The Phantom left, and I was alone with maps that blurred before my eyes.

Five years.

Five years of searching every forest, every rogue camp, every rumored Chimera sighting. Five years of sending scouts into the Forbidden Zone despite the costs. Five years of hoping to find her body just so I'd know.

Just so the not-knowing would stop eating me alive.

"Alpha." Cade's voice cut through my spiral. He'd stayed behind after the Phantom left. "That went well."

"Did it?"

"They accepted th
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