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Chapter 50: The Calm After The Storm

Author: The Grey
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-25 18:05:30

ALEX

The packhouse smells like blood and ash.

But not the kind that's fresh or battle-hot.

The kind that lingers after everything’s already been decided.

I notice it the moment I return, and the pack members stare at me like something they still can't fathom.

The first time in almost a week since they all see me. And I'm greeted, not by an apology or by an explanation, but by that careful silence that's unsure of how to respond.

I slowly step into the corridor, half-expecting the walls to press in again, half-expecting someone to grab me and say it was all a mistake. That I’m still a threat or still the problem.

No one does.

The packhouse is awake in the way it gets after disaster. Quiet and alert. Wolves move with purpose but avoid each other’s eyes, and those familiar whispers trail behind doors and die the moment I pass.

They know. They know everything. More importantly, they know I didn’t do it.

And somehow, that feels worse.

Still, unneecing as it is, my mind isn't focused on th
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