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Chapter 102: The Hunt BeginsTHORNE'S POVThe war room was packed with every high-ranking wolf I trusted, which honestly wasn't that many people.Taylor stood to my right, Raven to my left. Christy and Eric were there, along with Dante who'd arrived an hour ago when he heard Aveline had been taken. Even some of the council members who hadn't betrayed me yet.But Jacob was notably absent.Because Jacob was a fucking traitor and currently locked in the dungeons waiting for me to decide how slowly I wanted him to die.One of my pack members had seen him walking right back into the border, just few minutes after making the call for the disappearance of Aveline, and it wasn’t hard to figure out, I could smell her on him, her scent and fuck, I wanted to rip his head off instantly, take my rage on him, but first I needed to find out what he had done with her, where he had taken her too.But he wasn&rsq

Chapter 104: Running Toward WarAVELINE'S POVTrees blurred past us as we ran and I'd never moved this fast in my life.My wolf form was built for speed and power in ways my human body never had been. Every stride covered impossible distances, my breath was easier, my sense sharper.I could smell the wolves chasing us. At least a dozen, maybe more. They were fast but we were faster.Christy led the way, weaving through trees like she'd memorized this route. Maybe she had. Maybe Thorne had sent her specifically to get me out, which meant he knew where Nathan was holding me, which meant—‘Focus,’ Aries snapped. ‘We can figure out the details later. Right now we need to not die.’Right.Not dying was good.Behind us the howls got closer and I pushed harder, my muscles burning but not failing. This body was made for this, built for hunting and

Chapter 106: The Calm BeforeAVELINE'S POVAn hour before we were supposed to leave for the ceremonial grounds, Thorne pulled me aside."Come with me," he said, and didn't wait for an answer before leading me away from camp.We walked in silence through the trees until we reached a clearing where moonlight filtered through the canopy. It was quiet here, peaceful in a way that felt wrong given what was coming."Why are we here?" I asked.Thorne didn't answer immediately. Just stood there looking up at the moon like it held answers he needed."When I was young," he finally said, "before the curse, my mother used to bring me to places like this. Said the moon goddess could hear prayers better when you were surrounded by her light."I'd never heard him talk about his mother before. Never heard him talk about anything before the curse really."Your mother, I thought she died during childbirth

Chapter 108: Silver and BloodAVELINEI’d never imagined a day when I’d watched a real fight occur between someone who I had heard so many stories from, someone my not-so mom had spoken to be about, about the Moon Sundering, about the fight between the moon and the sun, about when they wanted dominance.But this was different, I was watching history occur in real life, I'd never seen Thorne fight like this.In his Lycan form he was massive, dark fur rippling with muscle, claws that looked like they could tear through steel. He moved with a precision that came from centuries of experience, every strike calculated, every dodge perfectly timed.But Nathan was good too.Younger, faster, fighting with the desperation of someone who'd spent his whole life preparing for this moment.They crashed together in the center of the circle and the sound of it echoed across the clearing. Claws tearing int

Chapter 110: Second ChancesAVELINE'S POVFor a second nobody moved.We all just stared as Thorne's chest continued to rise and fall, as color returned to his face, as the wound over his heart started to close.The silver light grew brighter, and I realized it wasn't just coming from him.It was coming from both of us.Connected somehow. Flowing between us like a living thing.‘What's happening?’ I asked Aries desperately.‘I don't know. This shouldn't be possible. He was dead. His heart stopped, his soul—’His eyes shifted towards my direction, finding mine and instantly our eyes connected in the clearing.And everything else disappeared.The battle. Nathan. The hundreds of wolves watching.All of it faded until there was just him and me and this silver light binding us together.He sat up slowly, his hand going