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22. Shadow Blood and Betrayal

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The forest was too quiet.

I stood just outside the wooden cabin, only a few steps from the door. The night breeze brushed against my skin, but it didn’t soothe—it brought a chilling bite that made the hairs on my neck stand.

Clouds hung low, blanketing the sky, hiding the moon that usually guarded the night.

Halvar had gone to fetch water from the nearby creek. He said it’d only take a minute. But somehow, time felt stretched.

“Thora… do you feel that?” I whispered, eyes scanning the dense trees.

“There’s something near us. And i

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