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Chapter Forty-Four: Shadows in the Light

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One month after Dawn joined the pack, the first sign appeared.

It started small. A feeling. An unease. A sense that something was watching from beyond the borders.

I felt it first. Woke in the middle of the night. Cold. Afraid. Something was wrong.

Kade woke when I did. “What is it? What do you feel?”

“Something is out there. Something dark. Something that feels like Dawn but opposite. Like nothing that refused to become something. Like darkness that resents the light.” I stood. Walked to the w
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