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chapter 8

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The Storm Within

The training grounds were silent, save for the rhythmic thud of Aria’s fists striking the wooden post wrapped in cloth.

Again.

And again.

Her knuckles were raw, her breath heavy, but she didn’t stop. She couldn’t.

“You’re not punching hard enough,” Sera called from the stone bench. “Again.”

Aria gritted her teeth. Her body ached, but the fire inside her refused to die. Every time her fist slammed into the post, she imagined Kael’s face his cold eyes, his cruel words. She imagined the sting of rejection, the burn of humiliation.

She struck harder.

“That’s it,” Sera said. “Anger is fuel. Pain is a teacher. Use both, but let neither control you.”

Aria stumbled back, chest heaving. “Why am I even doing this? What good is punching logs and chanting old spells?”

Sera rose, sweeping toward her like a ghost in her gray robes. “Because your wolf is not just muscle and claws. She is memory. Magic. Ancestry. You must awaken both body and spirit. Or when the t
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  • REJECTED BY THE ALPHA AWAKENED AS HIS QUEEN    chapter 40

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  • REJECTED BY THE ALPHA AWAKENED AS HIS QUEEN    chapter 36

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