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Chapter 11 – The First Challenge

Author: JayJay
last update publish date: 2025-10-02 23:05:45

The morning broke gray and biting cold, a shroud of mist curling low over the Shadowfang encampment. Every sound carried differently in weather like this boots crunching against frost, the low growl of wolves in their half-shift forms, the metallic clash of weapons being drawn for drills.

I rose early, not from habit but from necessity. Sleep had been a stranger to me for years, coming in snatches and scraps, never a full embrace. My body was weary, but I had long ago lea

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