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Chapter 25 – The Shadow’s Teeth

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The wind died.

The moment the Shadowborn stepped into the circle of Ironroot Stones, even the trees held their breath.

Racheal stood between Jaxon and Kade, her hands glowing with faint moonlight. But that light trembled—threatened by the presence now stalking toward them with unnatural grace.

The creature was wrapped in a cloak of ash and bone, but its form wasn’t solid. It shifted—sometimes man, sometimes wolf, sometimes something in between. Its eyes were black p
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