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chapter 30

Author: Deedson
last update publish date: 2026-09-23 20:30:32

(Lyra's POV)

"I am not here to threaten you."

Selene Voss found me alone by the training grounds, and my whole body braced for a fight I never actually got, my hand drifting instinctively toward the blade I still kept strapped to my thigh even after everything the past week had taught me about which faces in this pack deserved my suspicion.

"I am not here to threaten you," she said immediately, hands raised slightly like she had rehearsed this approach and knew exactly how it would look from wh
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