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2026-07-29 08:50:44Haydee
They gathered the whole north into one hall to watch me be worth something.
Bloodpine's coronation hall could hold a thousand wolves and held near that many now, ranged along both walls, and every eye swung to me on the dais the moment I stepped in. I wore their grey silk and their moonstone, and I held my face still as the ceremonial glass, because I knew what these people did with any crack they found.
The packs came in by law, in order,
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