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Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine: The Cost of Blood

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The phone buzzed again.

Same number. Same name.

My mom.

She’d been calling since last night, even while the world outside burned. I hadn’t answered, not then, not when the headlines rolled in, not when Victor’s face filled every news feed. But this time, I did.

“Killian.” Her voice hit the line before I could speak, sharp, tight, trembling between anger and fear. “You finally picked up.”

I leaned back against the edge of the desk, staring at the muted television in the corner, Victor’s outburst replaying again in slow motion, every punch, every curse immortalized by the cameras.

“I’m here,” I said evenly.

“You’re here?” Her voice cracked, raw with disbelief. “You’re here? Do you have any idea what you’ve done? What you’ve started?” A pause, sharp as glass. “Victor is your brother, Killian. Your brother. You shouldn’t have thrown him to the wolves.”

The irony wasn’t lost on either of us.

My jaw tightened. “He would’ve thrown me first,” I said quietly. “You know that.”

“That doesn’t mat
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A mother’s guilt, a son’s defiance, and a father’s wrath waiting in the dark. The family ties that bind the Wolfes are starting to choke them one by one.

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