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CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX

Penulis: ECHO NOIR
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-04 23:05:07

HUNTER’S POV.

The walk back to the palace felt longer than it should have.

Every step I took, her words followed me.

“She won’t stay.”

“I stayed.”

“It’s already inside you.”

I clenched my jaw, pushing the thoughts aside as I approached the doors. The guards straightened immediately, bowing their heads as I passed.

“My King.”

I didn’t respond.

I couldn’t.

Not right now.

The word felt even heavier than it had earlier.

King.

After what I saw tonight… after what she said…

It didn’t feel like someth
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    HOPE'S POV.Hunter looked at me sharply as soon as the words left my mouth.“No.”“He may actually know something.” I tried to reason with him, but Hunter immediately shook his head.“Or this could be another trap. I don't trust this, Hope. It's too convenient.”“That does not mean we ignore it.”His eyes narrowed slightly.“You are not going down there alone.”“I won’t be alone.” I said.Hunter shook his head immediately.“This entire thing feels wrong. You just got attacked and almost died, Hope. How are you not being more careful right now?”He was angry and I understood why.Honestly I did. Part of me agreed.But another part of me kept thinking about the symbol.About the flashes.About the prisoners kneeling in the snow. If one of those men knew something, we could not afford to lose it.“If they’re executed tomorrow before we question them properly, then we lose possible answers,” I argued carefully.Hunter’s jaw clenched again.“We can question them without involving you.”“Bu

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    HOPE’S POV.The silence between us felt fragile after everything that happened in the tunnels. Hunter still stood near the window overlooking the dark forest beyond the castle walls, but the anger from earlier had faded now. What remained behind looked worse. Exhaustion. Real exhaustion.The kind that settled deep into someone’s bones after carrying too much for too long.I watched him carefully from where I stood beside him. His shoulders were tense beneath his shirt, and every now and then his fingers flexed slightly at his sides like he was trying to steady himself without anyone noticing.But I noticed.His eyes remained fixed on the forest outside, distant and unfocused, like part of him was still trapped somewhere inside those broken flashes from the past.“I don’t know what’s happening to me anymore,” he admitted quietly.The words hurt more than I expected, not because of what he said, but because of how lost he sounded saying it. I stepped closer slowly until I was standing d

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    HOPE'S POV. The guard looked startled too, even though I assume he should know Hunter well considering he's a pack guard. But even he seemed shocked by the pronouncement.“My King?” he asked carefully.“You heard me,” Hunter said without hesitation. “The me will be executed at sunrise. All of them.”Horror rushed through me so fast I could barely process it.“Hunter!” I said sharply.He ignored me completely and kept talking like he didn't even hear me.“They infiltrated this castle,” he continued coldly. “They attacked inside our walls. They murdered our people.”His jaw tightened hard.“For that, they die. Tomorrow.”The guard bowed quickly, though uncertainty was written all over his face.“As you command, my King.”Then he turned and hurried away as if he couldn't get away from him fast enough.I turned toward Hunter immediately.“What are you doing?”His eyes shifted to me slowly.“What needs to be done.”“No,” I said firmly. “That is not what this is.”His expression darkened i

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    HOPE’S POV.The dagger had hit the ground with a sharp metallic sound, but Hunter barely seemed to hear it.He staggered backward suddenly, one hand bracing hard against the tunnel wall while the other clutched his head like he was trying to stop something from tearing through his mind.“Hunter!”I grabbed his arm immediately, but his entire body was tense beneath my touch.His breathing had changed.It was rough and uneven, and his eyes were unfocused, staring somewhere far beyond the tunnel walls around us.“Hunter, look at me,” I said quickly.He blinked once, hard, but it did not help.Then he spoke.“Fire…”His voice sounded distant and confused.I frowned in confusion at the word, and my heart started pounding harder.“What?”Another sharp breath left him before he spoke again.“There was fire,” he muttered. “The trees… goddess… everything was burning…”The guards around us exchanged uneasy looks.One of the warriors stepped forward carefully. “My King—”“Not now,” I snapped wit

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    HOPE'S.He walked slowly and carefully like he did not want to attract attention, and my wolf stirred instantly inside me.“Are you seeing this, Hope?”I frowned slightly as I studied the man’s back. Maybe it was just me, but somehow everything about the way he moved felt wrong.Hunter was still focused on issuing orders, surrounded by guards asking questions all at once, and digging further into the issue with the commander.I looked back toward the man again.He was already disappearing into the shadows near the lower corridor leading beneath the castle.A bad feeling crawled through me immediately and without saying anything, I stepped away from the clearing and followed him.The farther I moved from the others, the quieter everything became. The noise from the guards slowly faded behind me until all I could hear were my own footsteps and the distant sound of wind against the stone walls.The guard ahead never looked back once, and that alone made me more suspicious.From what litt

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    HOPE’S POV.The moment Hunter stormed out on the elders, I knew this wasn’t going to be easy.He didn’t just walk into the house—he stormed in.His movements were sharp, tense, filled with anger that hadn’t settled even a little since we left the elders outside. The door slammed shut behind us with

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