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Chapter 65 – The Bargain of Blood

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last update Last Updated: 2025-07-10 06:26:45

—AVA—

She didn’t tell anyone she was leaving.

No war horns. No strategy meeting.

Just one blade at her side and the mark of the flame on her spine.

She left a note in Darius’s tent, one word scrawled in her handwriting:

Trust me.

And by the time the moon touched the valley, Ava was gone—headed for the northern ruins where Raven’s signal fires burned through the dark like a challenge.

—THE TWIN’S LAIR

The ruins were silent.

Stone temples cracked by magic. Statues of the Old Gods shattered. A single throne of iron scrap sat beneath the night sky—Raven’s.

She stood waiting, cloaked in black.

“Hello, sister.”

Ava stepped out from the shadows.

“I didn’t come for war.”

Raven tilted her head. “But you brought your knife.”

Ava’s jaw clenched. “I came for a deal.”

—THE BARGAIN

Raven circled her slowly, like a predator toying with prey.

“You want to save your little army,” she purred. “Your perfect mates. Your fairy tale ending.”

Ava didn’t flinch. “I want to stop this before more wolves die.”

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