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Chapter 20

Author: Eliana Rose
last update publish date: 2026-07-11 08:40:11

ERIN

I slammed the door in Cassandra Silvermoon's face.

Through the wood, I heard her sharp intake of breath, then nothing. Rain hammered the roof like bullets. My hand stayed on the deadbolt, shaking. The woman who'd replaced me, who'd stood beside Marty at pack meetings while I served drinks to wolves who wouldn't meet my eyes—she knew about the pregnancy. She knew about the Moonblood line. She knew everything.

My phone buzzed. Maya, still on the line somehow. "Erin? What's happening?"

"Cass
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