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Chapter 0031

CHAPTER 31 — InjuredI joined a patrol I was not even cleared for. The Silverling scout route had been sitting in my notebook for two weeks. I had mapped it, and memorized it. I was not going to sit back and let someone else confirm what I already knew.The patrol leader hesitated when I showed up. He looked at my face, at my clothes, at the way I carried myself. He wanted to say no, he should have said no. But I was Luna, and Luna did not ask permission."We move at dusk," he said.I nodded and fell in line.The patrol moved to the outer border as the sun went down. I kept my eyes on the tree line, my hand near the blade at my hip, my breathing steady. The wolves around me moved in silence, trained and focused. I heard the sound of an animal before I saw anything. I turned, my hand going to my own blade, but the Silverling scout was already there. He came out of the dark fast, faster than I expected, his eyes locked on me.The knife went into my side before anyone reached him.I fel

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Chapter 0032

CHAPTER 32 — Healer's RoomI woke to the ache in my side, it was the first thing I felt, dull and deep, pulsing with every breath, reminding me that a knife had gone where it was not supposed to go.I squinted against the light, the ceiling above me was low, wooden beams crossing overhead, nothing like the high stone arches of my room. The air smelled of drugs. I was still in the healer's room.I turned my head, Damos was in the corner chair.He was asleep, his head was tipped back against the wall, his chin tilted up, his mouth slightly open. His patrol gear was still on and he still had the same clothes from last night. The same boots, still caked with dirt, and the same shirt, still bearing the dark stains of my blood.I jerked back against the bed. The movement pulled at my side and I winced, a sharp gasp escaping my lips. He did not move though, he was too deep under, too exhausted to hear.I stared at him.His hair was disheveled. His jaw was shadowed with stubble. The scar on h

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CHAPTER 33 — Nathaniel Plants the Seed

Something unusual was up with Damos. He was avoiding me.I noticed it first at breakfast, he sat at the head of the table, the same as always, but his eyes did not find me when I walked in. He did not glance my way once during the meal, and when I spoke, he looked at his plate. When I moved, he looked at the window. When I finally caught his gaze across the table, he held it for half a second and then looked away like my face had burned him.I told myself I was imagining things and he was tired because the pack was unstable. He had spent the night in a chair watching me sleep, maybe he was just exhausted.But the feeling did not go away.After breakfast, I walked through the corridors and he stepped into a side door before I could reach him. I saw the back of his jacket disappear around the frame. He knew I was coming, he moved on purpose.I stood in the corridor for a moment, staring at the closed door. My side ached from the stitches and my head was still foggy from the healer's her

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Chapter 0034

CHAPTER 34 — The College Boyfriend ArrivesA knock on the door startled me out of my thoughts.I opened it to see an unfamiliar guard standing there. He’s young, maybe early twenties, his posture stiff, his eyes carefully lowered. He was not one of the regulars I had learned to recognize. Border patrol, probably. Someone who did not spend much time in the main packhouse."Luna," he said, bowing his head. "I am sorry to disturb you. My name is Roran. I am on border patrol at the south gate."I kept my face still, although I was very much confused. "What is the matter?"He hesitated, then his eyes flickered up to mine, then back down. "There is a young man at the gate, Luna. He is asking for you.""A young man?” My brows furrowed."Yes, Luna. He says his name is Marcus. He says he is your college boyfriend, he says he has come to take you home."My heart stopped for a moment, then it started again, faster, and harder. Marcus. Here. At the pack gates. What the hell is he doing here?!I c

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Chapter 0035

CHAPTER 35 — JealousyTywin ran toward me in the corridor like he was carrying something too hot to hold.I had just come from the dining hall and was walking back to my room, my mind still on Marcus, on the gate, on the way his face looked when I walked away.Tywin caught up to me near the staircase. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into the corner where no one looked at, the one that gave just enough cover for a private conversation."You are not going to believe what just happened," he said.His eyes were wide and his voice was low but fast. He looked like someone who had just watched a building catch fire and was still deciding whether to laugh or panic."What?" I asked."Damos saw Marcus."I blinked. "What do you mean he saw Marcus? Marcus left. I watched him walk away from the gate."Tywin shook his head. "He did not leave, or he left and came back. Or he never left in the first place. I do not know but he is inside the pack. Damos saw him on the gate security feed."My stomach

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Chapter 0036

CHAPTER 36 — Goodbye AgainI found Marcus beside the fence just before dawn. The sky was still gray, the sun not yet up, he was leaning against the fence post with his hands in his jacket pockets, his shoulders hunched against the cold, and his breath fogging in front of his face. He looked like he had been there for hours.I walked up to the fence and stopped on the other side. The metal bars separated us and I did not try to cross them."Marcus," I said.He looked up, his eyes were red like he had not slept. Neither had I."You came," he said."I came."He pushed off the fence post and stepped closer. His hands came out of his pockets. He reached through the bars and took my hands in his. His fingers were cold."I love you," he said.The words landed softly without pressure. The kind of truth he had always given me, freely and without condition, from the very beginning.I squeezed his hands. My throat was tight and my chest ached."I am sorry," I said.I meant it completely. The cle

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Chapter 0037

CHAPTER 37 — The Real FightHis office door clicked shut behind me, Damos stood on the other side of his desk, his hands flat on the wood, his head bowed like he was bracing for something. I had been called here to discuss patrol routes. That was the excuse. That was always the excuse now.Neither of us had spoken about the hallway. Neither of us had spoken about Marcus. Neither of us had spoken about the way he backed me against the wall and told me I was not going back to someone else. The words sat between us like a wall we kept walking around.I do not know who broke first, maybe him or me. Maybe both of us at the same time."You cannot keep avoiding me," I said.He looked up. His jaw was tight. "I am not avoiding you.""You are. You have been avoiding me since Nathaniel spoke to you. You sit at the far end of the table, you leave rooms when I enter them and you look at me like I am a question you do not want to ask."His hands curled into fists on the desk. "I am trying to protec

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Chapter 0038

CHAPTER 38- She Defends Him I walked into the council chamber and saw the setup immediately. The elders sat in a half circle facing a single chair in the center. Damos's chair. They meant for him to sit there alone while they asked their questions and made their judgments. The room was arranged to make him look like a defendant.I sat in the chair beside where he would sit, not in the center, beside it.Elder Maris opened the meeting. He spoke about the good of the pack, about stability, and about the need to ensure the Alpha was fit to lead. Elder Tolland nodded along while Elder Corvus watched me from the far end of the table.They left a pause after the opening statement. Some of them expected me to stay neutral or quietly nod. I could see it in the way they looked at me, the way they waited, the way they had already decided what I would do.I stood up."The Alpha has led this pack through a kidnapping, an internal security breach, and a sustained campaign of border harassment fro

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Chapter 0039

CHAPTER 39 — WhyI sat in the empty archive, holding a book that I had barely read a single line from. I could not stop thinking about Damos and how he reacted when I had defended him in the council chamber. The door opened, putting my thoughts on hold.Speak of the devil.Damos walked in, his steps slow and measured as usual, his boots barely making a sound against the stone floor. He was still in his day clothes, his shirt untucked, his sleeves rolled up, and he looked like he had been walking for a while without any particular place to go.He stopped at the end of my table and looked down at me."You are still awake," he said."So are you."He pulled out the chair across from me and sat down. His elbows rested on the table and his hands clasped together, his eyes stayed on my face."Why did you do it?" he asked."Do what?""Defend me in front of the council. You stood up and you shut them down and you did not have to. They expected you to stay quiet and some of them expected you to

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Chapter 0040

CHAPTER 40 — Jealousy Again"I am tired, Tywin. I really am."The words came out before I could stop them, cracking in the middle, and then the tears followed. Tywin did not say anything. He just pulled me into his side and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. His hand was warm and steady against my arm."You have been holding too much," he said quietly. "For too long."I pressed my face into my hands. "I miss my old life. I miss waking up and knowing who I was. I miss not having to pretend every single moment of every single day."He did not tell me it would be okay. He did not tell me to stop crying. He just held me and let me cry."I am here," he said. "I will always be here."I leaned into him. His shoulder was solid against mine. His presence was the only thing in this pack that still felt real."I do not know how much longer I can do this," I whispered."Then do not do it alone."I cried into my hands, he kept his arm around me. The fountain trickled beside us, the courtyard wa

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