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Chapter 54

Author: Tina Ice
last update publish date: 2026-09-10 20:22:11

The contracted force came up the slope in a clean, practiced line.

They did not waste themselves on the first mixed wave’s mistakes. They used the irregulars as a screen and pushed the real weight against the weakest point of the stone rise—Elena’s far end, where the numbers had already thinned. The impact was immediate. Loyal wolves went down. The line bent hard.

Lucas moved to reinforce it.

Sienna stayed on his left as ordered, the bond a continuous current of pain and direction. Every step c
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