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Chapter 131

Author: Aurora Lakes
last update publish date: 2026-04-24 00:10:45

I have forty-eight hours to prove reality deserves to exist and I’m processing Shepherd memories trying to understand what the Architect actually wants.

“They spent millennia preparing,” I say, sorting through consumed knowledge. “Guiding werewolf evolution toward specific traits—adaptability, sacrifice, pack bonds that transcend individual survival. They were building species capable of collective purpose.”

“Why werewolves specifically?” Alistair asks.

“Because wolves were the Progenitor’s cre
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