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Chapter 52 Burn the Wolf

Autor: Judith GW
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Ezra

The wooden wolf sits in the center of my circle like it’s waiting for permission to breathe.

It’s carved too well. Not art. Instrument. The eyes are polished smooth, the mouth cut shallow, the grain chosen like someone cared about how it would hold a signal.

We bring it up from containment wrapped in lead-lined cloth and silver mesh. Valerius insists on the mesh. Aris insists on the lead. I insist on both, because arrogance is how you end up as a cautionary tale.

Charlie insists on being present.

Kaleb doesn’t try to argue her into a safer corner. He just stands at her side, shoulder-to-shoulder, the way a shield stands with a spearpoint.

The ritual room is an old panic chamber repurposed for magic. Stone, iron, one door, no windows. Wards layered into the threshold like teeth. The kind of room you use when you expect something to fight back.

I draw three rings on the floor in chalk and star-metal dust. I set the pendant at the north point and feel the air tighten immediately.

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