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052. Silver Flames and Silent Prayers

Author: Nightingale
last update publish date: 2025-12-30 22:08:44

Blake's POV:

The hall was quiet in a way that pressed against my ears. Mom was not here because she wanted not to attend like earlier.

Not empty quiet. Heavy quiet.

The kind that came from too many wolves standing still, breathing the same air, sharing the same memory. Torches burned along the stone walls, their light steady and controlled. Silver flames. They did not flicker like normal fire. They never had.

I stood at the center of the ritual circle.

The exact place my father once stood.

I co
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