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Chapter 33; Big black Wolf

Penulis: Flor
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-06 22:10:29

Lydia’s POV

I came out of the healing trance all at once, like a salmon bursting from a stream.

I sat up in bed, clammy and breathless and utterly disoriented, and waited for the pain to make itself known. I expected it to follow its usual roads: start from my stomach, irradiate out to my limbs, rake through my nerves like an army of knives. When nothing happened, I looked down at my body in bafflement, wondering where it had gone. But there it was: colder than usual, perhaps; paler, definitely; intact, ultimately.

Healed?

I pulled back the covers to test that theory. The large white T-shirt I was wearing didn’t belong to me, but the pretty lace underwear was mine-courtesy of Rina. I hadn’t worn it since the ceremony, and I refused to wonder how it ended up on me. Instead, I stood. Even though I was wobblier than a newborn calf, my legs were functional. I pushed through the exhaustion and forced myself to walk.

The clock on the wall said one thirty in the morning, and the house was de
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