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Chapter 56 – Shadows in the Moonlight

Autor: Sweet Dee
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The forest was unusually still that night. No rustle of leaves. No chorus of crickets. Even the wind seemed to have stopped breathing. Racheal tightened her cloak around her shoulders as she followed the narrow path deeper into the woods. Her senses were on high alert, every instinct screaming that something was wrong.

Somewhere behind her, she could feel Damien’s presence—close enough to protect her, but far enough to give her the illusion of solitude. The tension between them had been thick since the incident at the council meeting. His words from earlier still echoed in her mind: “You can’t trust everyone in this pack. Not even me.”

The moon hung low and swollen, bleeding pale light over the treetops. It illuminated strange claw marks etched into the bark of an old oak. Racheal knelt, brushing her fingers over the grooves. They were fresh.

“This wasn’t a rogue,” Damien’s voice came from behind her, deep and controlled. “These marks… they’re a warning.”

“A warning for who?” she aske
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