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Chapter 88 – The Cost of Power

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The forest was too quiet. Not the calm silence of safety, but the suffocating stillness before a storm. Racheal’s legs wobbled beneath her as Damon half-carried her through the trees, his grip firm but gentle, every muscle in his body taut with vigilance. Lucas trailed just behind, his crimson eyes scanning the shadows with restless intensity, claws still unsheathed.

Every step felt wrong. Every rustle of leaves sounded like a threat. The ashes of the wolves clung to Racheal’s skin, as though she hadn’t truly destroyed them but only scattered their corruption into the night.

“Where are we going?” she whispered, her voice breaking the silence.

“Far enough from here that he can’t track us easily,” Damon replied, his tone clipped, his golden eyes glowing faintly. “There’s an abandoned safehouse near the river. We’ll rest there.”

Lucas scoffed, his voice sharp and unyielding. “Rest? After that surge? You think he doesn’t already know exactly where she is? We don’t need a safehouse. We nee
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