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Chapter Seventy-Eight: When It Pushes Back
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2026-04-28 22:37:12
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The howls continued long after the pulse faded. Elena stood at the window, unable to look away from the wolves gathered across the manor grounds. Some remained in human form while others had shifted, but all of them faced the manor with the same stunned reverence. It should have inspired her. Maybe later, when she had enough time to process what had happened, it would.Right now, it only made her feel like she was standing on the edge of a cliff with everyone waiting to see if she would fly.Slowly, the pack began to return to themselves. Conversations restarted in hushed voices. Guards resumed their patrols, though more than one glanced back toward the manor before moving on. The grounds looked the same as they had before, but Elena knew better. Everyone had felt the shift. Everyone knew something had changed, including her.“I really wish everyone would stop looking at me like that,” she whispered.Damien moved closer, his reflection appearing beside hers in the glass. “Like what?”
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