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Chapter Five: Wolves Don't Trust Easily

Author: Danny
last update publish date: 2026-03-23 21:55:46

~ Nyra ~

I didn't sleep that night either.

The figure at the tree line kept playing on repeat in my mind. I'd stood at that window for nearly twenty minutes waiting for it to reappear. It never did. Eventually the sun dropped completely and the forest became a wall of black and I had no choice but to step back and accept that I had no idea what I'd seen.

Could have been a pack member on patrol.

Could have been an animal.

Could have been something else entirely.

The problem was the stillne
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