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Chapter 53

Author: Aurora Lakes
last update publish date: 2026-02-19 00:22:37

Mabel’s POV

The first scream splits the air before I can draw another breath.

Then everything becomes teeth and fire.

Elara’s wolves hit us like a tidal wave, too fast, too sharp, their bodies warped by stolen fragments of cosmic power. They move wrong. Blur wrong. When their claws connect, they burn.

I watch Tomas, who taught Marcus how to track—go down under a wolf whose eyes glow like a dying star. I hear bone crack. I hear him scream. I don’t see him get back up.

This isn’t a battle.

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