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Chapter Eight: Hunter and Hunted

作者: Joshua cliff.
last update 最終更新日: 2025-11-27 19:53:48

Aria's POV

The forest beyond Nightshade territory felt different than I remembered. Darker. More hostile. Or maybe that was just knowing Dante waited somewhere in these shadows, armed and dangerous and convinced I had betrayed everything we once were.

I moved through the underbrush silently, years of survival training making each step deliberate. The crescent moon provided barely enough light to see by, which meant tracking would be difficult. But I knew my brother. Knew the patterns he followed, the places he felt safe.

The old Grayfang ruins lay three miles east, abandoned since the night our pack fell. Dante would go there. He always did when he needed to remember why he fought, why he killed. Our parents were buried there, in unmarked graves he had dug alone while I watched, too young and broken to help.

A branch snapped behind me.

I spun, claws extending instinctively, but found only shadows and silence. My wolf pushed against my skin, sensing danger she could not identify. I for
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