Night settled over them.Moonlight filtered through the canopy in pale silver ribbons. It barely pierced the darkness below. Valentine Spade and Luther Steph moved in silence. Every step carefully measured. Every breath deliberate. The forest lived around them. Not with comfort. With awareness.Liam stirred restlessly inside Luther. A low growl rumbled in his chest.“They are close,” the wolf warned. “Followers of the old orders. Not wolves. Not fully. The wicked ones.”Valentine shivered. Tightened her grip on Luther’s arm. The bond between them, severed yet still painfully present, pulsed like a living tether. It pulled at her chest. Aching with an intensity she both resented and relied upon. She hated how much comfort she still drew from his presence. Even now.“Where are they coming from?” she asked softly.Eryx Caelum’s voice carried through the darkness. Calm and steady. “Well, kinda everywhere. Tonight, even the dark has teeth. They have waited centuries for this moment. Your a
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