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CHAPTER 65. THE ALPHA’S FEAR

작가: Michael Moore
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-11-23 00:48:19

Damon’s POV

The smell of blood never really leaves you.

It clings to your skin, crawls into your head, and stays there, whispering what you could’ve done differently.

That morning, it was everywhere. On the sand. On the air. On me.

I stood over the warrior’s body, jaw clenched so hard it hurt. He’d been young -- maybe twenty, quiet, loyal, someone I’d trusted enough to guard the eastern border. His throat was torn open. His eyes were still open too, staring blankly at the sky like he hadn’t understood what hit him.

And all I could hear was Aria’s voice from last night -- soft, trembling, certain.

“Be careful today.”

I’d brushed it off. Told her she needed rest. Told myself she was just shaken.

Now, I couldn’t even look at the body without feeling it, that sick twist of guilt crawling under my ribs.

“Alpha,” Cole said quietly beside me. He didn’t look me in the eye. “We found no sign of rogues. The tracks vanish near the training grounds.”

“Vanishing tracks?” I muttered. “That’s not po
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