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Chapter 21

Author: Celia Imora
last update publish date: 2026-04-30 02:48:19

The moment the wolf went still, no one made any noise, not even a movement from anyone. It wasn’t just the silence, it was what came after it.

“He’s… dead?” one of the warriors asked quietly. Darian crouched beside the body again, pressing two fingers to the wolf’s neck. He waited a while, then slowly pulled his hand back, “He’s gone.”

Everyone felt uneasy, because this wasn’t normal. Wolves didn’t just die like that, not without a fight, not even without visible injury.

I stepped closer, my ga
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