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Chapter 27

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LILA

The wind caught in my hair as I stood at the edge of the yard behind the Packhouse, staring up at the half-built treehouse. Lyric’s treehouse.

It wasn’t far from the main building, maybe thirty paces through short grass and the occasional dandelion but something about this spot felt…quieter.

“She started it for the pack pups,” Tyler said beside me, hands in his pockets. “Said they needed somewhere to play. Somewhere they could pretend to fly.”

I nodded, but my throat was tight. Lyric could be miles away now. Maybe under a different identity.

The treehouse had been forgotten, mostly. I doubt any of the children had even tried climbing it, too many jagged edges and open beams. Lyric had started it on impulse, like most things she did, and abandoned it just as quickly when something else caught her attention. Still, it stood there like a wound that never quite healed. Weathered wood, unfinished railing, old tools rusting in a bucket underneath.

Tyler looked at me, waiting. “We can t
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