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Chapter 14: Hunted by Rogues

Author: JanayJourney
last update publish date: 2026-01-07 21:35:33

They found her scent first.

Luna didn't see them. She *felt* them—long before a face or a blade broke through the trees.

It was early afternoon. The sky sat low and sullen, a flat lid of grey cloud that smothered the light and made the world feel closer, heavier. The air held that damp chill that seeped into joints and refused to leave.

She was following a narrow deer path along the side of a shallow ravine, her pack light on her shoulders, Elia's knife at her belt. The ground was soft underfoo
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