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Winter Horde

last update Data de publicação: 2026-10-26 10:42:26

LAWRENCE'S POV

When an army believes it has cornered its prey, it forgets that true predators never strike from the front.

My claws bit deep into the frozen granite ledges of the moat, dislodging splinters of rock as I climbed those eighty feet of abyss, my shoulder muscles torn and my father's blood still dripping from my heels. The sharp mountain wind lashed my face like a whip, but my mind remained clear, guided by Boran's final whisper: the Dry River Gorge, where the rock is broken...

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