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Chapter Thirty: Poisoned Thread.

Penulis: Jane Orwell
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**Chapter 30: The Poisoned Thread**

The scent of burning sage infused the air of the healer’s hut as Lila gently pressed a damp cloth to Cole’s fevered brow. His skin gleamed with a clammy sheen, revealing veins that stood out starkly beneath the surface, like rivers tainted at their source.

*"This isn’t merely an illness,"* she whispered, rolling up his sleeve—jagged black lines branching out from a puncture wound on his wrist. The mark was too deliberate for a plant's thorn or an animal's fang… and faintly pulsed with wolfsbane venom.

Her breath caught, a recognition igniting within her. Those same unnatural tendrils had appeared in her father’s autopsy scroll—just before *his* heart gave out during a battle against phantom rogues, perhaps concocted from hurried tales designed to mask a deeper truth.

**The Healer's Lies Unraveling (Scene One)**

As dusk fell, Lila confronted Mireya in the herb garden, ensuring their conversation remained discreet to avoid alarming anyone nearby.
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    *(Three Weeks Before the Alpha’s Death – Infirmary, Nightshade Territory)* Cole possessed a keen awareness of the world around him. It was this insight that enabled him to observe Kieran slipping into the healers' storage after midnight—long after the essential herbs had been carefully stored away. Moving with stealth among the glass vials, the Beta meticulously measured wolfsbane extract into a flask labeled *"For Pain Relief."* Yet, Cole understood that no remedy required such potent nightshade, unless the intent was to bring about silence without leaving a trace. He faced a pivotal choice. The instinct to run and alert Alpha Riven pulsed within him, but then a voice from the doorway emerged: ***"You're smarter than most pups, aren't you?"*** Mireya entered with a confident smile, her words sharp, locking the door behind her. She continued to speak as if discussing simple matters instead of something far more sinister— >*"Kieran promised me your father’s position as head h

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    **Chapter 30: The Poisoned Thread**The scent of burning sage infused the air of the healer’s hut as Lila gently pressed a damp cloth to Cole’s fevered brow. His skin gleamed with a clammy sheen, revealing veins that stood out starkly beneath the surface, like rivers tainted at their source.*"This isn’t merely an illness,"* she whispered, rolling up his sleeve—jagged black lines branching out from a puncture wound on his wrist. The mark was too deliberate for a plant's thorn or an animal's fang… and faintly pulsed with wolfsbane venom.Her breath caught, a recognition igniting within her. Those same unnatural tendrils had appeared in her father’s autopsy scroll—just before *his* heart gave out during a battle against phantom rogues, perhaps concocted from hurried tales designed to mask a deeper truth. **The Healer's Lies Unraveling (Scene One)** As dusk fell, Lila confronted Mireya in the herb garden, ensuring their conversation remained discreet to avoid alarming anyone nearby.

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