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Chapter Thirty Eight

Author: Icy Angel
last update publish date: 2026-05-06 00:14:04

Lila's pov

Ronan’s absence didn’t just feel like silence.

It felt like a missing structure.

Bloodmoon kept moving, kept functioning, but there were gaps now. Places where his presence used to quietly hold things together without anyone noticing until it was gone.

And that meant everything else had to adjust.

Kade noticed first.

Darius noticed second.

I noticed because suddenly, people started looking at me differently.

Not as someone standing beside the alphas.

But as someone expected to act.

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