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CHAPTER 165 – The Marked One’s Shield

مؤلف: Joel J. Parker
last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-05-11 22:00:17

The healer tunnels smelled like smoke and iron.

Lyra burst out of the narrow ascent passage with Tobias close behind her, stumbling into a chamber where injured wolves lay scattered across blankets and broken boards. Some were unconscious. Some were awake but shaking violently, eyes unfocused, mouths moving as if repeating prayers they didn’t remember learning.

The Blood Seal was gripping them.

Not through force of claws.

Through something worse.

Through obedience baked into bone.

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