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Chapter 71

Author: Aurora Lakes
last update publish date: 2026-03-08 00:18:30

The Covenant Alpha is waiting for an answer and I’m standing here in silver wolf form trying to figure out how to keep sixty exhausted wolves alive for an hour against an army that’s been training for this their entire lives.

Alistair’s black wolf is still positioned between me and the enemy, hackles raised in challenge, and I can feel through what’s left of our mate bond that he’s resigned to dying here as long as he dies protecting me.

“We don’t surrender,” I say, forcing myself to shift huma
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