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Chapter 9 - Blood Calls To Blood

Author: Tamara Key
last update publish date: 2026-07-16 23:28:12

The first howl faded into the night.

A second answered.

Then a third.

Within seconds, the Black Forest seemed alive with voices. Some were near. Others echoed from distant ridges, carried through the pines by the evening wind.

Rowan’s stomach tightened.

Military training had taught her how to identify an enemy by sound. She could distinguish rifle calibers, helicopters, tracked vehicles, even the difference between artillery and mortars.

This…

This was different.

These weren’t animals calling t
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