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The World We Lost

Author: Katie Haddad
last update publish date: 2026-04-07 21:02:30

Rowan POV

There was a time when wolves ruled the night.

Now—

We hide in it.

And somehow, the most dangerous thing I’ve found in years…

Is the woman standing in front of me.

⸻

The silence stretches too long.

Not the kind that settles.

The kind that waits.

Nyxara stands across the room like she’s already halfway gone, her posture angled toward the far wall instead of toward me, like distance alone might make it easier to leave when the moment comes.

She thinks I don’t see
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