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chapter 35

Author: Lucy Belle
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Allies and Shadows

By dawn, Kael was on his feet again.

The wound still burned beneath the bandages, but he showed no weakness as the party rode northward through the snow-choked highlands.

Aria watched him closely.

He was steady, but she could sense the strain beneath his calm see it in the set of his jaw, the tension in his shoulders.

Still, he didn’t ask for help. And she didn’t offer it, knowing how thin his pride was stretched. But the sight of him wounded his blood on the snow had shaken her more than she dared admit.

Because it wasn’t just fear for an ally.

Not anymore.

And that terrified her more than any blade.

---

They rode hard that day.

The land grew harsher jagged cliffs and deep ravines, the sky dark with storm clouds. No birds sang. No signs of life stirred.

“The highland passes are cursed,” Sera murmured. “No pack has lived here in a generation.”

“But the Highland Packs still answer the call,” Garron said grimly. “Wolves born of harsher blood.”

By late afternoon, a hor
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