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Chapter 54: Blood Moon’s Slaughter

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Azrik’s POV

Not just poisoned again, Lunessa had been drugged with that potion every single day for the past two months.

In Duskwind, she took it once and couldn’t even recognize me as her mate. Now two months, two full moons worth of damage. Goddess only knows what that concoction did to her mind, her wolf, and her soul.

I clenched my fists. The realization was enough to make my vision blur with rage.

“Why didn’t you say something?” I asked Mira, gentler than I thought possible.

She looked down. “I was scared, we were told never to interrupt a medical procedure.”

I exhaled sharply, forcing the storm inside to still. I didn’t blame her, she was just a maid, and yet, braver than most.

Draven returned just then. I told him everything, no detail spared. His face darkened and he left immediately to fetch the doctor.

I walked to Lunessa’s room, the room I had sealed since the day she left. As I opened the door, her scent washed over me, soft and familiar.

But something else was woven into
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