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Chapter 66 – Meeting at the Ruins

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The ruins looked like a set of broken teeth, half‑swallowed by the hill.

Once, this had been a watch‑fort at the border between Mooncrest and Bloodthorn. Now, its stones slumped in weary angles, ivy threading over collapsed walls, the old banner hooks rusted and empty. Wind moved through the gaps where doors had been, carrying scents from both directions—Mooncrest’s clean pine and river, Bloodthorn’s dry iron and dust.

Neutral ground, or as close as we were going to get.

“This place makes my fur itch,” Rowan muttered beside me, voice low enough not to carry. “Too many corners. Not enough exits.”

“We warded the approaches,” Theron said. “Rian and Kael tripled the layered nets. If anyone tries to bring more than they promised, we’ll know.”

Rowan snorted.

“I’ll relax when we go home, and this is just a bad story we embellish over wine,” he said.

I couldn’t quite smile.

The climb up the last stretch of broken stone steps left my lungs tight. Not from exertion. From anticipation.

Damon was
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