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Chapter 8 – The Wolf at My Door

Author: Tiffanie Campbell
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Elira

I woke to birdsong and sunlight—real sunlight, not the damp gray kind that filtered through dirty barn rafters or cracked cellar windows.

For a long moment, I just lay there, staring at the ceiling beams, breathing in the soft scent of pine and sage that clung to the wool blanket. My room. My own. For the first time in years.

Not a prison. Not a cell. Not a shared nest of fear. Just… space. Mine.

I rose slowly, joints stiff from sleep, and padded barefoot across the wooden floor. The room
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