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CHAPTER 56: THE RESTLESS NIGHT

Author: Grace Pearl
last update publish date: 2026-01-10 19:01:28

POV: DARIUS

I wake up choking on air.

Not from a dream. Not from a sound.

Just from the way my chest feels too tight, like something inside me is pushing outward and does not care what it breaks to get free.

I sit up in bed and drag a hand down my face. Sweat sticks to my skin. The room is dark and quiet, but my body is not.

My wolf is pacing.

I can feel it. Not claws. Not teeth. Just pressure. Just movement. Back and forth. Back and forth. Like it knows where it wants to go and I am the thing
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