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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: AFTERMATH AND REVELATIONS

Author: Noor Lawan
last update publish date: 2026-02-13 16:41:07

Three days after the battle, Daren called a meeting.

We'd taken over Moontide's compound—not to rule it, but to establish order. The pack members who remained needed leadership, needed someone to tell them what came next.

Daren stood before the assembled wolves, still bandaged but standing straight.

"Moontide Pack is dissolved," he announced. "Alpha Kane is dead. His regime is over. But you—the wolves who lived here, who called this place home—you have choices now."

Murmurs rippled through
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