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Chapter 23: Into The Dark

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Nolan’s POV

We left before dawn.

Eight of us. No more. Kieran had been firm about that — a large force moves loud and vampire scouts don’t miss loud. Eight people who knew what they were doing could move like water. An army would announce itself three miles out and get Arlo killed before we cleared the first tree line.

I understood the logic.

I hated the logic.

But I understood it.

Kieran’s four lycan warriors were not what I expected.

I’d brought elite wolves from Silvermoon on operations befo
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