Morning arrived slowly over the Blackthorn valley.I woke to the faint glow of sunlight slipping through the small window beside my bed. For a moment I forgot where I was. The unfamiliar scent of pine and mountain air filled the room, and the distant sounds of wolves moving outside drifted through the quiet.Then everything from the night before rushed back.Kael.The rogues.Cassian’s words.“She’s hiding something much stronger.”I sat up slowly, my chest tightening as the memory replayed itself. The strange warmth that had appeared inside me the night before had faded, but the echo of it still lingered beneath my ribs like a secret waiting to wake again.For eighteen years I had believed I was broken.Wolfless.Cursed.Now suddenly everyone seemed convinced that something powerful was hidden inside me.I didn’t know whether that idea frightened me more… or gave me hope.After a few minutes I forced myself to stand and step outside.The valley looked different in daylight.Where the
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