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Chapter 26: I Chose

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The horn hadn’t finished echoing when the first ranks appeared on the ridge.

Black banners. Blood Moon insignias. A tide of steel and snarling wolves that swallowed the horizon.

"Gods..." Cassian breathed, voice barely audible over the sudden hush that fell across the battlefield. "There’s twice as many as before."

"Triple," Julian corrected, landing beside us with a shallow cut running down his cheek. His bow was splattered with blood, his breath ragged. "I counted at least three divisions. Heavy infantry, shield bearers, and a mounted unit. Kaelus sent everything."

The ground trembled as they descended—a wave of disciplined fury, shields locking into formation, spears angled forward like the fangs of a beast. They were not charging blindly. This was coordinated, deliberate, and precise.

And it meant one thing.

This wasn’t just an ambush anymore.

It was an extermination.

"Fall back to the inner perimeter!" I shouted, my voice slicing through the rising panic. "Get the wounded behind
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