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Chapter 6: Close Enough to Touch

Author: Amanam
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-16 00:25:40

Two weeks until the wedding.

Kael counted the days like a predator counting heartbeats.

He spent his nights with the Forgotten—planning, training, hitting small Crimson Shadow spots.

A warehouse here.

A truck there.

Quick. Clean. Gone before alarms sounded.

Word spread fast: a ghost was hunting Vortigern’s men.

Some started calling him the Silver Ghost.

But during the day, Kael couldn’t stay away from her.

He watched from a distance.

Always careful.

Hood up, scent masked with herbs Ronan taught him.

He told himself it was to learn Dax’s routine.

To find weak spots in Vortigern’s circle.

But that was a lie.

He just needed to see her.

Liora walked to work every morning at the same time.

Same route through the park.

Earbuds in, coffee cup in hand, hair loose and shining even on gray days.

She looked lighter now.

Like the weight of secrets wasn’t crushing her anymore.

Kael hated how beautiful she still was.

One morning, the rain stopped for once.

Sun broke through the clouds—rare and golden.

Liora sat on a park bench during her break, sketching in a little notebook.

She used to do that when they were together.

Draw flowers.

Wolves.

Random things that caught her eye.

Kael stood behind a tree thirty feet away—close enough to hear her soft hum.

His chest hurt worse than any wound from the cliff.

That afternoon, Dax picked her up from work.

They walked hand in hand down the street, shopping bags swinging.

Wedding stuff, probably.

Liora stopped at a window display—white dresses, flowers, pretty lights.

Dax wrapped his arms around her from behind, murmured something in her ear.

She laughed.

Then she turned and kissed him.

Kael’s claws came out without thinking.

He drove them into the brick wall beside him until they bled.

He left before he did something stupid.

That night, the Forgotten hit a bigger target—

an underground fight club the Crimson Shadows used to make money and recruit.

Kael led the raid.

Kira and five others with him.

It went perfect at first.

Guards down.

Cash taken.

A message left in blood on the wall:

The Silverfang lives.

As they slipped out the back, floodlights snapped on.

Ambush.

Twenty Crimson Shadow fighters poured in, guns ready.

Someone had tipped them off.

Kael shifted fast—full wolf this time, silver fur glowing.

He tore into the front line, jaws snapping.

Kira fought beside him with blades flashing.

The others held their own.

But there were too many.

One by one, his new friends fell.

Bullets laced with silver.

Spells that burned.

Kael took three bullets himself but kept going.

He reached the leader—a big man he recognized from the warehouse night three years ago.

The man grinned.

“Boss said you might show. He’s got a message for you.”

Kael snarled and lunged.

Too late.

A dart hit his neck.

Fast-acting poison.

His legs gave out.

Vision blurred.

The last thing he heard before darkness swallowed him:

“Take him alive. Vortigern wants to see the pup before he dies again.”

When Kael woke, he was chained to a metal chair in a cold room.

Wrists and ankles bound with silver cuffs that burned his skin.

His head pounded.

The door opened.

Vortigern walked in.

Same scar.

Same cruel smile.

“Welcome back, little wolf.”

Kael strained against the chains, growling low.

Vortigern circled him slowly.

“You’ve been busy. Cost me money. Cost me men.”

He stopped in front of Kael and leaned close.

“I should kill you slow for that.”

“But first,” he said softly,

“I want you to know something.”

He pulled out his phone and tapped the screen.

A photo filled it.

Liora in a wedding dress fitting.

Smiling wide.

Dax’s arm around her.

“The wedding’s in ten days now,” Vortigern said.

“She’s excited. Picking flowers. Writing vows.”

He smiled wider.

“Can’t wait to be Mrs. Dax Harlan.”

Kael’s heart stopped.

“She moved on fast after your little swim, didn’t she?” Vortigern continued.

“Cried for a bit, sure. But Dax was there.”

“Patient. Kind.”

“Everything you weren’t.”

He leaned closer and whispered:

“She never really loved you, pup.”

“You were just a fun mistake before the real thing.”

Kael’s eyes burned silver.

Rage roared inside him—so loud he almost broke the chains.

Vortigern straightened.

“I’m going to let you live long enough to watch the wedding from a cage.”

“Then I’ll kill you in front of her.”

His smile was vicious.

“Let her see what happens to dogs who don’t stay down.”

He turned to leave.

Then paused.

“Oh, one more thing.”

The door opened wider.

Liora stood there.

Eyes wide.

Face pale.

She stared at Kael like she’d seen a ghost.

Because she had.

“Kael…?”

Her voice broke.

Vortigern smiled at her.

“Surprise, sweetheart.”

“Look who came back from the dead.”

Liora’s hand flew to her mouth.

Tears filled her eyes instantly.

Kael couldn’t speak.

Couldn’t breathe.

She took one step toward him.

Then Dax appeared behind her, hand resting gently on her shoulder.

“Come on, babe,” Dax said softly.

“You don’t need to see this.”

Liora looked between them—

Dax’s kind eyes.

Kael’s broken ones.

She didn’t move.

Not yet.

But the way her hand shook said everything.

She wasn’t sure anymore.

And Kael—chained and bleeding—had never felt more alive.

Because for the first time in three years,

she was close enough to touch.

And this time, he wouldn’t let her go without answers.

Even if those answers destroyed them both.

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