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Chapter 26: The Veiled Watcher

Author: Lola Ade
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 21:34:47

Rowan's POV

The forest had calmed me, but not enough. It used to be enough, and now, It suddenly can’t shut down these voices in my head. I decided to call it a night and I returned to the estate under the cover of the early morning fog, my torn clothes sticking to my skin from all the sweats and panting, the ache of the shift still embedded deep in my bones. Shifting always has its own pain and joy.

I didn’t want to go straight to my room. Not yet.

The pack grounds were quiet. Not silent—the world was never truly silent—but this time it was the kind of quiet that made you pay attention to all the details and sound around you. The kind that raised the hair on your arms, that makes your nose extra sensitive to smell and the ears extra sharp to sound.

I was halfway across the stone courtyard when I suddenly felt it.

A prickling feeling. On the back of my neck.

Someone was watching me. Definitely.

It wasn’t a feeling I mistook often. I’d spent most of my life being hunted or hunting. O
Lola Ade

Drama is brewing at the edges, can you feel it? Are you excited for what is next?

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