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CHAPTER 9: Metal Box

작가: Zerath
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Dawn comes gray and cold.

I haven't slept. Just sat in the corner of the hunting lodge's main room, Mom's bracelet wrapped around my fingers, staring at nothing. Around me, Silvermoon pack members sleep on floors and benches, exhausted from the fire, the fight, the fear.

Damian hasn't slept either. He's been outside all night, talking to scouts, sending messages, making plans. Every time I look toward the door, he's there—a dark silhouette against the lightening sky.

Maya appears beside me with
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