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Chapter 17

Author: Shan R.K
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-24 03:20:26

I bared my teeth, not at all impressed by his smart ass comments.

“Don’t play dumb, Haden. That scent—it’s him. The guy who was in my caravan when the bond broke, when I was shifted. You telling me you don’t know it?” My voice was a growl, laced with venom and a flicker of something raw—vulnerability, maybe, though I’d rather eat dirt than admit it. “Someone was there, watching over me, and now that scent’s back, screwing with my head.”

Haden’s smirk faded, his eyes narrowing as he stepped closer, clashing with the fading ghost of tonka in my nose. “I wasn’t in your caravan during the severing. You know that. I was with the pack, cleaning up Desiree's mess. If someone was there, it wasn’t me.” He paused, his gaze softening, and I hated how it made my skin crawl, like he saw too much.

“You sure you’re not imagining it? You’ve had a hell of a night, blood, rage, the works.”

I laughed, the sound ricocheting off the trees like a gunshot. “Imagining it? My nose doesn’t play tricks. Tha
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