Caleb's return brought joy to Shadowfang, but it also brought complications that no one had anticipated.The mountain tribes that had held him captive for two years were not all enemies, and this truth unsettled the pack more than any battle could. Some were like Sera's people—survivors of the old wars, trying desperately to find a new way, a new path forward in a world that had only ever shown them violence. They had cared for Caleb when he was at his weakest. They had healed his wounds, fed him when he was hungry, kept him warm when the mountain cold would have killed a lesser man. They had protected him from those who would have finished what the battle started. They had given him back his life, and they had asked for nothing in return.And now they wanted peace.Elara wrestled with this knowledge in the quiet hours of t
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