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Chapter 40

Author: Michael Grey
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-24 08:59:06

LUCIAN

The Council Grounds tower in the distance, a crescent-shaped fortress carved into the side of an obsidian mountain, as we get closer. Leah hasn’t said a word since we entered the gates, but I can feel the tension, brewing in her mind. I glance at her from the corner of my eye, she’s wringing her fingers in her lap, her nails are painted pale blue. The last time was when she was coming with me to the Bloodmoon pack for the first time.

The car slows, as we pull into the courtyard. Ivy coils up the black stone pillars, and dozens of winged, robed sentries stand guard in silence, no weapons. They probably don’t need them, everything here is enchanted to hell.

Another car pulls in behind us. Sasha steps out, dressed in royal navy with silver embroidery, walking beside Delta Hayes. She doesn’t glance my way.

And neither does Leah.

She unbuckles, opens her own door, and steps out before I can help her, Sasha reaching her first.

“Gods, this place gives me the creeps,” Sasha mutters, lo
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