Kade returned to the shack where I had lived before I died.This time, he didn't kick the door open. His hands trembled as he pushed the rotting wooden door inward. Inside, there was nothing but the stale smell of mold and dust lingering in the air.He sank to his knees in the center of the room, right at the very floor where I had once curled and writhed from agony.He remembered how, just days ago, he had stood here and tried to restart the mind-link, only to receive silence. Back then, all he felt was anger and more suspicion.His Alpha pride had formed an unbreakable barrier, blocking out the faint echo of death beneath it. He couldn't hear anything, so he arrogantly assumed it was me refusing him.Now, that pride was shattered. The barrier was gone. He was no longer issuing commands—just a beggar who bared his soul completely, praying for even the tiniest response.Eyes closed, body shaking, he offered up the last bit of his pride to the void.And so, the echo of death that
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