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Chapter 17: When The Bond is Tested

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last update 게시일: 2026-01-10 19:37:26

The first scream reached the stronghold before dawn.

It wasn’t carried by sound alone—it tore through the bond.

Seraphina woke with a sharp gasp, her body jerking upright as silver-gold light flared briefly beneath her skin. Her wolf surged forward, hackles raised, every instinct screaming danger.

Darius was awake instantly.

He was on his feet in one smooth motion, power rolling off him as he reached for her. “Where?”

She pressed a hand to her chest, breath unsteady. “The eastern lowlands. The
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    The words Darius had spoken in the courtyard spread through Kieran's territory before the sun had fully set.We rebuild.For many of the survivors those two words became the first real hope they had felt since the night their world had burned.The wolves who had arrived exhausted and broken now found themselves speaking quietly among one another about the future instead of only mourning the past.It did not erase their losses.It did not bring back the dead.But it gave them something to hold onto.And for wolves who had spent days believing they had lost everything, hope was a powerful thing.Inside the healer's quarters Darius sat near the window watching the activity outside. More survivors had arrived throughout the afternoon. Kieran's scouts continued searching the surrounding territories and every few hours another small group appeared at the gates.Some came wounded.Some came frightened.Some came carrying children.Others came carrying nothing at all.Yet every single one of

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    The gates opened slowly, iron groaning against stone as they parted just wide enough to allow passage. No more. No less.Seraphina stood at Darius’s side atop the wall, her hands calm at her sides even as every instinct inside her sharpened. The Ashclaw envoy waited below, alone now, his horse teth

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    Morning arrived slowly, almost cautiously, as though the world itself was afraid to disturb what rested within the stone walls of the keep.Soft sunlight spilled through the tall windows of Seraphina’s chamber, warming the furs and brushing her skin with gentle light. The air carried the faint scen

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  • The Alpha's Contract Bride    Chapter 26: When The Alpha Came

    The darkness in Seraphina’s chamber felt wrong.Not the gentle kind that came with nightfall, nor the quiet hush that usually followed battle. This darkness pressed in, heavy and watchful, as if it had weight and intent. The hearth, moments ago warm and alive, had gone cold far too quickly.The fir

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  • The Alpha's Contract Bride    Chapter 25: The Quiet Before Nightfall

    Morning came gently.Sunlight filtered through the trees as Darius and Seraphina returned to the pack lands, the path familiar beneath their feet. The forest no longer felt hostile. Birds sang again. The wind moved freely through the leaves, as though the land itself had accepted—if not approved—th

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