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Author: yu-xiuan
last update publish date: 2025-10-09 22:38:48

xian'na pov

I was running for my life, and I was going to lose.

The air was cold, and every breath burned my throat. I could hear them—the heavy paws of the Blue Moon hunters, following Jerick's fearful order to hunt the rogue. I was fast for a human, but I was so slow compared to a wolf. The older hunters, the ones with the sharpest minds, were closing the distance.

I can't outrun them, Xiuan! I thought, panic rising like bile in my mouth. They’re too fast. They’ll catch me.

A voice, c
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