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Chapter 26: The Dust That Settles

Author: Chie
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-08 13:40:48

The circle was still trembling with the echo of violence.

Dust clung to the morning air, sharp with the copper sting of blood and the raw musk of two wolves colliding. Nicole stood at the center, chest heaving, her wolf’s coat streaked and torn in places—but she was upright. Unyielding. The other body lay low to the ground, breath ragged, the growl in his throat already breaking apart into something closer to submission.

Kieran had challenged. And Kieran had fallen.

For a heartbeat too long, the pack didn’t move. The silence was its own verdict, louder than the fight itself. No one dared to speak, as if words might shatter the fragile truth settling in the dust: Nicole had not only defended herself, she had claimed her ground.

Slowly, heads began to bow. Not all of them. Some dropped in reverence, others only in wary calculation, but the ripple spread anyway. The acknowledgment. The surrender.

Nicole shifted back, breath still rough, hair damp with sweat as she pulled herself upright
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