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CHAPTER 60: SMOKE AND ASH

작가: Ellen Edgar
last update 게시일: 2026-02-10 19:53:34

Rhiannon's POV

The camp was silent.

Not the peaceful silence of early morning but the heavy, oppressive quiet that came after violence had torn through and left nothing living in its wake.

I shifted back to human as I approached, my paws hitting ground that was churned to mud with blood—too much blood, the scent of it thick enough to choke on. The wards were shattered, hanging in the air like broken spiderweb, their magic dissipated into nothing.

Kira lay three feet from my tent entrance. Her t
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