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Chapter Twenty: Six Months Later

Auteur: Harry Green
last update Dernière mise à jour: 2025-11-21 09:38:45

Winter settles over Crimson Hollow, bringing the first real peace they've known in months.

The Supernatural-Human Accord has been ratified by twelve countries. Legal protections are in place. Hate crimes have decreased—not eliminated, but reduced. Slowly, carefully, humans and supernaturals are learning to coexist.

Sera stands in the newly completed community center, watching pack cubs play with human children from the neighboring town. It's a pilot program—supernatural integration starting at the youngest level.

"They don't see differences," Riley observes, joining Sera at the window. The young wolf has thrived in Crimson Hollow, becoming one of Sera's most trusted pack members. "The kids, I mean. They just see playmates."

"That's because no one's taught them to be afraid yet." Sera smiles as a wolf cub shifts, making the human children laugh with delight. "This is what we're fighting for. This future."

"Is it working? The integration?"

"Ask me in a decade. But for now?" Sera watches
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