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“Flirt with Death”

Author: Zenith
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-29 23:54:21

Chapter 24

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“Flirt with Death”

Alera's POV

It had been one week and three days since the invasion of the rogues in the pack, and ever since Rex’s PA revealed the truth, my mind had not known peace. Something about those words gnawed at me endlessly, as though there was a hidden thread tying everything back to me in ways I couldn’t yet understand.

Life in the pack house had grown easier, almost too easy. For the first time, I was treated with genuine respect, every bow of the maids’ heads and every warm smile reminding me how different things had become.

“You have no idea what you did for me,” Night once told me after I confided in her about the strange kindness I now received. “Of course everyone here will love you.”

Her words warmed my heart, but they also unsettled me. I had never been adored before. I was an Alpha’s daughter, yes—but titles alone had never granted me true acceptance.

As I walked with Night through the long corridors, the maids dipped their heads in reverenc
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