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CHAPTER 44

ผู้เขียน: Megan Newman
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Something in the twin shifted.

The shadows around her softened, the sharpness easing into something… aching.

Kael watched it happen, instinctively wary—and then startled.

The bond trembled.

Not splitting.

Expanding.

The twin gasped, clutching her chest. “What did you just do?”

Selene swayed, dizzy. “I… accepted you.”

Kael’s breath hitched as the bond surged outward, wrapping around all three of them—moonlight and shadow braided through the deep, feral heat of his wolf.

For one suspended moment, the world went utterly quiet.

Then the Oracle screamed.

Not from the keep—

From the forest.

Kael’s head snapped up. “That wasn’t fear.”

“No,” the twin whispered, eyes widening. “That was recognition.”

The ground lurched.

A horn sounded from the outer wall—one sharp, panicked blast.

Then another.

Then chaos.

Kael grabbed Selene’s hand, already moving. “Borders breached.”

By the time they reached the ramparts, Nightfang was ablaze with motion. Wolves shifted mid-run. Archers lined the walls. The
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