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THE HOLLOW ALPHA

Autor: Merryn
last update Última actualización: 2025-09-15 04:18:21

POV: Adira

The tremor becomes a rhythm.

It rolls through the stones, up through the soles of my feet, until it lives inside my chest. The soundless thud of something vast, something hidden, something older than the Veil itself. My breath comes ragged, but I refuse to cower. I tilt my chin higher, though my body quivers.

The torches crackle, flare, and then gutter, their flames guttering into tongues of green fire that spit shadows across the walls. Each lick of flame warps the banners, melting their wolves into smears of ink. The chamber bends and breathes as though it has lungs of its own.

I clutch my belly tighter. The child twists, not with the tender flutter of life, but with the violent spasms of something answering a call. My pulse staggers. My knees scrape raw against the dais' stone, yet I do not rise. I will not rise. To kneel is to invite, to offer, to bind.

“Stronger,” I whisper again, throat hoarse with need. “Stronger than any Alpha. Stronger than her. Stronger than him.”
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