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Chapter Seventeen

last update publish date: 2026-03-13 07:26:12

Kiara POV

The forest shook with the roar of energy, the growls of wolves, and the shouts of enemies. My chest heaved as silver light coiled around my hands, around Theodore, around us both, pulsing with life and power.

The golden-black wolf lunged again, faster, sharper, and more lethal than before. But this time it was not alone shadows moved behind it, more wolves, larger, faster, half-shifted, snarling with intent. They came for me.

I swallowed hard. My wolf inside me roared, energy flaring,
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    The symbol inside the Hollow burned into my vision.The compass.My compass.Identical.For a moment, I forgot how to breathe.“That… can’t be possible,” I whispered.Yet the truth pulsed through the bond, undeniable.The Hollow wasn’t simply born from imbalance.It had once been balance itself.Th

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