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CHAPTER FORTY ONE: ARIA

Penulis: I.L SPARKS
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The attack came during the alliance celebration dinner, swift and coordinated in a way that left no doubt about who was behind it.

We'd been in the pack house's main dining hall, sharing a meal with our new supernatural allies and discussing the logistics of our coalition, when the lights suddenly went out.

But it wasn't just a power failure – the darkness that descended was absolute, swallowing even the moonlight that should have been streaming through the windows.

"Defensive positions,"

Kael's voice rang out in the unnatural blackness, his Alpha authority cutting through the confusion.

I heard chairs scraping against the floor, the rustle of movement as pack members and our guests prepared for whatever was coming.

My enhanced senses were screaming warnings, picking up scents and sounds that didn't belong – ozone and sulfur, the whisper of fabric that moved without wind, and underneath it all, something that smelled like ancient grave dirt.

Then the shadows began to move.

At first
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    The first real test of our newly formed alliance came three days after my training began, and it arrived in the form of a crisis that threatened to tear apart everything we'd worked to build.I was in the training facility, working with Kanaq on meditation techniques to help me access the primordial energy safely, when Thane burst through the doors with an expression of barely contained fury."We have a problem," he announced without preamble. "The Mountain Ridge Pack has withdrawn from our alliance. They're claiming that harboring you has brought too much danger to the supernatural community."I felt my stomach drop as the implications hit me. Mountain Ridge was one of our largest allied packs and their withdrawal would create a domino effect that could unravel everything we'd built."What exactly did they say?" Kael asked, striding into the facility with the rest of our supernatural allies close behind. His Alpha authority was radiating tension that made the air itself feel char

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  • BEYOND THE MOON   CHAPTER FORTY ONE: ARIA

    The attack came during the alliance celebration dinner, swift and coordinated in a way that left no doubt about who was behind it.We'd been in the pack house's main dining hall, sharing a meal with our new supernatural allies and discussing the logistics of our coalition, when the lights suddenly went out. But it wasn't just a power failure – the darkness that descended was absolute, swallowing even the moonlight that should have been streaming through the windows."Defensive positions," Kael's voice rang out in the unnatural blackness, his Alpha authority cutting through the confusion.I heard chairs scraping against the floor, the rustle of movement as pack members and our guests prepared for whatever was coming. My enhanced senses were screaming warnings, picking up scents and sounds that didn't belong – ozone and sulfur, the whisper of fabric that moved without wind, and underneath it all, something that smelled like ancient grave dirt.Then the shadows began to move.At first

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    I found Kael in his office three hours after the incident in the hallway, staring out the window at the forest beyond with an expression I'd never seen before. The frost had finally melted from the windows, and the supernatural manifestations had quieted, but the atmosphere in the pack house remained charged with tension and unspoken fears."The symbols are gone," I said softly from the doorway, not wanting to startle him.He turned, and when his piercing blue eyes met mine, I saw something that made my heart clench with unexpected pain. It wasn't fear or doubt or even the protective concern I'd grown used to seeing there.It was grief."Are they?" he asked quietly. "Or are they just hidden until the next time your power decides to announce itself to every supernatural being within a thousand-mile radius?"The words stung, but underneath the frustration in his voice, I heard something else – exhaustion. The kind of bone-deep weariness that came from carrying too much weight for to

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