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Chapter 101

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Loria’s POV

The sound of the river was soft, steady, like the heartbeat of the earth itself. Simon and I shifted back near a smooth bank, where the water flowed calm and clear beneath the light of the full moon. The silvery glow kissed the surface, turning every ripple into starlight.

Zerina still hummed beneath my skin—restless and alive from the run—but this place, this stillness, quieted us both.

Simon stripped off his shirt and stepped toward the water, casting a glance back at me with a playful glint in his eye. “Coming?”

I didn’t answer, just peeled off my own sweat-soaked clothes and waded in behind him. The cold was shocking at first, but it jolted my thoughts into silence—and that was exactly what I needed.

We swam side by side for a while, not talking. Just floating in the glow of the moon, breathing in sync, the current weaving softly between us.

Then, finally, his voice broke the quiet.

“So… Andy has a wolf now.”

He said it evenly—no edge, no judgment—but the statement hun
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