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Chapter 7

Author: Mellona
The tactical unit on William's wrist vibrated wildly and projected a flickering holographic display into the air.

The Chief Elder's wasted face appeared on-screen.

Every pack normally worshiped him at the temple altar. Now his gaunt body was threaded with transparent life-support tubes.

He was slumped at the edge of a sickbed.

His skeletal fingers clutched his chest. Beneath his heaving ribs, a faint golden glow showed through.

It was the energy from the serum I'd sealed into his heart myself th
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