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CHAPTER 19

Author: Kylie
last update publish date: 2026-05-02 08:47:51

The quiet that had been sitting in the forest suddenly split apart like someone had been waiting for the first drop of blood to fall.

I pushed off the ground fast and my knife came up in front of me while Owen’s blood slid warm over my fingers. Every instinct I had was screaming that the shadows that killed him weren’t gone.

It had only moved and the trees shifted on my left. Then my and then behind me.

I turned slowly and kept my breathing steady. I forced myself not to chase the first soun
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    Kyle didn’t wait. He never did. The second the words left my mouth and the air shifted hard enough to feel it in my chest and his attention snapped back to me like I had just handed him something he had been waiting for. “You’re not going to walk in here and accuse my pck of betrayal.” He said. I straightened slowly and I left the sheet fall back over the marked body while I met his gaze without hesitation. “I am not accusing. I am stating what is in front of you.” I said. “You see a few clean kills and suddenly you think you understand what happened here.” Kyle snapped. “I understand enough. More than the version you are trying to sell to yourself.” I said. His jaw tightened and the tension between us sharpened fast. I felt every pair of eyes nearby shift to watch it unfold. “You have always thought you were smarter than the rest of us.” Kyle said. “No. I just don’t lie to myself when things go wrong.” I said. “That’s rich coming from you. You disappear for years, you refus

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 31

    Bloodmoon Pack looked wrong before we even reached the gates. That told me more than any scouts could have. The border shoulder have been loud after an attack. Warriors shouting, families crying and orders flying everywhere. Instead, the whole place had gone tight and quiet. Like fear had wrapped its hand around the pack’s throat and squeezed until no one knew how to breathe properly. Dante drove beside me and Travis sat in the back with one had pressed to his wound while his eyes stayed locked on the road ahead. No one said much. There was nothing useful to say. Multiple dead and defenses bypassed. No clear every point and inside access. That was all I needed. The guards at the gate stiffened when they saw Dante and they looked even worse when they saw me. One of them stepped forward like he thought he was going to stop us and I opened the car door before Dante had even cut the engine. “Move.” I said. “Alpha Kyle has not cleared you.” The guard hesitated. “I didn’t ask him

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 30

    Dante didn’t speak until Elias was gone and that should have warned me. The clearing stayed too quiet around us and the dead vampires at our feet made the air stink like rot and blood. I stood with my knife still in my hand while the place where Elias had vanished seemed to stare back at me. And then Dante turned on me. “What the hell were you thinking?” He snapped. “Careful.” I said looking at him slowly. “No. You left before dawn without telling anyone and then you followed a vampire trail alone into unfamiliar territory.” He said and his voice came out low and dangerous. “I knew what I was doing.” I said. “You walked straight into an ambush.” He said. “And I handled it.” I said. “You were pinned to a tree with his hand around your throat.” He said. That one hit harder than I wanted and my jaw tightened. “I’m still standing.” i said. “That’s not the damn point.” He snapped. “It’s always the point. I survived.” I shot back. “You shouldn’t have had to survive that alone.”

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 29

    Elias didn’t tighten his grip. That was the problem. He had me pinned against the tree with one hand at my throat and all the power in the clearing sitting behind him. He could have ended it right there if killing me was what he wanted. But he didn’t. He only watched me. Like I was still part of the test. Like the fight had been the easy part. “You done?” I asked as my voice came out rough because his hand was still close enough to make breathing annoying. “For now.” He said. “Good. Then get your hand off of me before I take it.” I said. His mouth twiched like he found that funny and then he released me and stepped back. I didn’t stumble and I slowly bend down and picked up the knife he had knocked from my hand. I kept my eyes on him while I straightened because turning my back on Elias felt like signing your own death warrent in pretty ink. The vampires around the clearing didn’t move and neither did he. “You are wasted with wolves.” Elias said. “That’s your big offer.” I s

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    I moved before the sun finished rising. The forest opened around me in cold strips of grey light while I put distance between myself and the safehouse and everything I had left behind inside it. I didn’t look back. Looking back made things complicated and I had enough completed things trying to crawl under my skin already. The old rhythm came back fast. Step light, watch the ground and listen past the obvious. Trust the quiet only when it earned it. I followed the ridge north first and then cut east through thicker trees where the ground dipped low and the roots twisted through the dirt. I kept my knife loose in my hand because comfort was a luxury and I was not in the mood for luxury. Tracking was simple. Hunting was simple. Surviving was simple. People were the problem and Dante was the problem.I clenched my jaw the second his name crossed my mind. I shoved it down hard and focused on the trail in front of me. Broken glass, disturbed dirt, a scrape against bark where someth

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