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Chapter 144

Author: Aria
last update publish date: 2026-05-30 23:31:58

Torin's POV

The corridor swallowed sound. My boots on the stone were the only thing moving in this part of the pack house, and I kept my footsteps soft anyway, an old habit from learning to hide. A patrol turned the corner ahead. I slipped into a storeroom that smelled like old leather and dust, and counted their breaths as they passed.

Kade had rebuilt this place like he was rebuilding himself, new walls where the old ones had been, passages that did not exist before. Everything seemed displac
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