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Chapter 101 – The First Cut

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Ronan

The woods taste of iron.

The wind is sharp, pine biting the back of my throat, and under it the chemical tang of Redmaw’s barrels.

They want to sour the bond, make us fight half-blind. My wolf shoves at my ribs anyway, teeth bare, claws eager. It wants blood, and it wants Eli. One of those I can give it.

Jace moves like he’s an extension of the map we left behind. Sure of every gap and hollow, every trench dug and stake planted. He signals once, two fingers low, and the line flexes with
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