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The Heart of the Pack

Author: Emmetliam
last update publish date: 2026-10-11 15:22:07

Sable's POV

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The world is rebuilding, and for the first time in my life, I am part of something that is growing instead of falling apart.

Three months have passed since we defeated Morvath. Three months since the Heart of the Pack became something more than a title. Three months since we gave ourselves to the world and the world gave itself back to us.

The settlement has become a city. Not the kind of city humans build, with concrete and steel and noise. A city of wolves. A city of Moon-Touc
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