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Chapter 41

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​The Viper and the Shadow

​POV: Alpha Kaelen Blackwood

​The ride back to Blackwood Manor was a blur of freezing rain and boiling, unchecked rage.

​I did not wait for the horses to be fully stabled in the courtyard. I threw my leather reins to a terrified squire, completely ignored Doc Gale—who had emerged from the medical wing shouting frantically about my torn shoulder bandages—and marched directly into the grand foyer of the manor.

​My boots left muddy, bloody footprints across the polished m
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