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Chapter 121.

Author: Cherese
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-18 15:35:32

Hope's POV.

The clearing is empty.

I step into it slowly, my boots brushing through the long, dew-wet grass. The air is still, but it feels wrong—like the quiet before a storm, the kind that doesn’t just bring rain but tears apart everything in its path.

Malachai isn’t here.

Of course he isn’t. He’s making me wait. It’s a power play. A message.

You came to me.

I don’t sit. I don’t pace. I just stand there in the middle of the clearing, breathing like it might steady the war inside me.

But it doesn’t.

A million thoughts tear through my mind.

What if he sees right through me?

What if I can’t lie well enough? What if I slip? What if he doesn’t believe that I’ve turned my back on the wolves?

What if he does?

Because that might be worse.

I clench my fists to stop them from shaking. I think of Morgana. Of the pup. Of Talon’s quiet thanks. Of Lucian’s voice telling me I still belong. Of Malakar’s arms holding me together when I was ready to fall apart.

I remind myself why I’m doing this.

But
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