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The Leader, the Destroyer, and the Healer

Author: Angel Cole
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-13 12:59:40

Snow drifted in patient feathers, softening the fortress until stone looked almost gentle. Courtyard torches hissed in the flurry, their flames throwing honeyed light across the inner walls.

Talia drew her cloak closer and pressed a palm to the swell beneath her ribs. Small still, but no longer pretend.

Not imagination anymore. There. There you are.

Lucian’s steps came without sound, yet she felt him before he touched her. His warmth folded around her back, his breath a tide against her crown.

“You’re out of bed,” he murmured.

“I couldn’t sleep.” She tilted her face up. The blue in his eyes glowed steadily. “They’re restless.”

“They,” he echoed, reverent as always when he thought of her and the life inside her.

He splayed his hand over hers—large, certain—and the weight of it steadied her in a way nothing else could. Kaela stirred, smug, brushing affection toward Savage’s shadow where he lingered beyond the archway, a mountain waiting to move.

“They like snow,” Talia said, mock stern.
Angel Cole

Thank you for finding this story—and for staying with it. This chapter is a turning point, not because of action or conflict on the surface, but because something deeper has shifted. Today is the day these pups made themselves known, and nothing that comes after will move the same way again. If you felt the weight, the tension, or the quiet dread beneath the bond—good. That means you’re right where you should be. Stories like this survive because readers choose them. Every read, every like, every comment tells the platform this world matters and helps it reach the readers who are still looking for it. If you’re enjoying the story, please consider adding it to your library, leaving a comment, or supporting it in any way available to you here. I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has taken a chance on this book.

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