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Chapter 67: I'll Be There

Author: Sand Kastle
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-06 08:46:13

ARDEN

I blinked my eyes open. Pain immediately flared across my shoulder blades and thighs. My arms felt as though I had used them to wrestle the ground itself. I tasted dirt. My head throbbed, and my lips were dry. It was so, so dark.

I groaned, pushing myself up from the forest floor, my body screaming in protest. I’d definitely rolled down the cliff—probably hitting every root, rock, and regret along the way. But I was alive.

Thank the Goddess for my wolf genes—because without them, I probably would’ve cracked my skull open and been left for dead.

I blinked again, slowly adjusting to the lack of light. Another benefit of being a shifter was my night vision. Well, sort of. It wasn’t perfect, but it still allowed me to make out faint shapes and silhouettes around me.

What the hell was this place?

I looked up, but the cliff edge was nowhere in sight. I must have tumbled really far. My hand instinctively moved to my ribs, wincing at the sharp jab of pain that shot through me. Yeah. D
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Charlotte Olsen
I had the same thought as MD. Maybe Arden is not the biological daughter of the Stone family. That would explain a lot.
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Shay
Oh my gosh! I’m so in love with Cade and Arden! I love how they just held on to each other after he recused her and I really love he did not want to let go! I just love these two so much!!
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MD Loves Books
I love Cade! He’s so good for Arden. Thank goodness he found her. I hope she finds the chest again. I’m wondering if Arden isn’t the biological daughter of her family. Maybe the chest has some significance to her real one. Sienna should be punished severely now! She tried to kill Arden!
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