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Chapter 30

Author: Henry Smith
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-10 13:50:08

The courtyard burned.

Smoke rolled across the stones like a living thing, thick and black, carrying the stench of iron and ash. I cut through it with my sword, every swing punctuated by the crack of bone and the roar of my men. The fortress I’d built from nothing, the empire I’d ruled with fear and law, was turning to ruin around me.

“Hold the west gate!” I shouted. “No one enters the hall!”

The answering howls rose through the chaos: the sound of rogues, wild and furious, fighting like they had nothing left to lose.

Flames licked the walls, lighting the sky blood-red. Wolves shifted and clashed in the mud, claws raking, teeth snapping, the air thick with the copper sting of blood. Every breath I drew was pain. Every heartbeat screamed one name.

Rose.

I could feel her through the bond—fear, confusion, the echo of my rage pulsing inside her chest. It drove me harder.

A rogue lunged from the smoke. I caught him by the throat and slammed him into the wall hard enough to crack stone. His
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