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Chapter 71: Fangs at the Gate

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They smelled the smoke before they saw it.

Luna's head snapped up mid-stride, nose catching the acrid tang of burning wood and scorched fur on the wind.

Wrong direction.

Too close.

*Home.*

She ran faster.

The chain at her wrist pulsed, the other weapons strapped across her back thrumming with barely contained power. The Cradle's armaments recognized urgency, responding to the spike of adrenaline flooding her veins.

Beside her, Orion's golden wolf surged forward, lips pulled back in a snarl that
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