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Chapter 9

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last update Last Updated: 2025-11-02 20:42:00

I dreamed of blood that night.

It ran like rivers through the dark, spreading across the ground, sinking into the earth. And in the middle of it stood a figure made of shadows—tall, not human, eyes glowing like burning coals.

You can’t hide from what you are, it said. You can’t escape the fate waiting for you.

I woke gasping, my heart slamming against my ribs, my skin cold and damp with sweat

The shelter was empty. Lyra must have already left for morning duties.

Outside, I could hear the camp stirring to life but it was different now. Quieter. More cautious. The easy warmth from two days ago had been replaced by tension that hung in the air like smoke.

Davey's death had changed everything.

I forced myself up, ignoring my protesting muscles, and splashed cold water on my face from the basin Lyra kept near her workspace. My reflection in the small mirror looked haggard, dark circles under my eyes, bruises from yesterday's training still healing on my jaw and cheekbone.

I looked like I'
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    The cage was tiny. I could barely sit, and every movement made the silver bars burn against my skin. The collar around my neck slowly choked me, cutting me off from my wolf, my shadows, everything that made me me.I’d been trapped here for six hours. Or maybe seven. Time didn’t matter when every second was pain."Water," I croaked, my voice barely working.One of the guards, a massive wolf with a scarred face glanced at me with cold indifference."You'll drink when the Commander says you can drink."I slumped back against the bars, biting back a scream as silver burned fresh wounds into my back. The cage sat in the middle of a supply wagon, surrounded by twelve armed guards. Royce rode at the front, his posture relaxed, confident.Like he was transporting cargo, not a person.“Are you there?” I called desperately to my wolf.Silence.The collar muffled everything. I could feel her distantly, like she was trapped behind thick glass, but I couldn't reach her. Couldn't draw on her streng

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