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Chapter 63 — The Same Poison
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2026-08-14 23:27:04A poisoned needle waited beneath the bed assigned to Karl. Lorelai kept everyone outside the collapsed tent.
“No one steps closer,” she said. “Not even the Darsen officers.”
The neutral commander stiffened. “This camp remains under our authority.”
“Then your authority can explain how a spring-loaded needle entered High Council-assigned quarters.”
Karl stood at Lorelai’s shoulder, every muscle braced. He shifted
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The wolf that rose from Karl’s torn clothing was too large for the space behind the embankment.Fur covered shoulders broader than Lorelai’s chest. His back nearly reached the top of the stone line even while he stood on four legs. Blood soaked the coat beneath one shoulder, but the black veins created by the poison had disappeared beneath the transformation.The nearest healer stumbled to a stop, and two Greyhaven fighters recoiled from the wolf.Karl had let every pack believe he was wolfless. Now the wolf stood over his torn clothes. When he looked at Lorelai, the eyes were no longer human, yet she knew them.Lorelai stayed on her knees beside the empty antidote vial. The wolf lowered his head.His muzzle moved along her shoulder, her throat, and the torn edge of her coat. He checked every place Karl had searched before the transformation.He was searching for wounds. Lorelai placed a hand against the side of his face. Heat bu
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