Brynn Hollis' POVThe sun rose over Blackspire, painting the stones gold.I sat on the roof beside the Shepherd's body, my blade still in my hand, my chest heaving. Dax knelt in front of me, checking me for wounds."Are you hurt?""I don't think so. Her blood, not mine."He pulled me into his arms. I clung to him, shaking."It's done," he whispered. "She's gone."I looked at the Shepherd's face. Peaceful now. All the rage, the centuries of pain, finally still."I almost pity her," I said."Don't. She made her choices.""I know. But I understand her."---The fortress fell apart without her.Shadowfen wolves surrendered or fled. The prisoners we freed—dozens of them—stumbled out of the dungeons, blinking in the dawn light. Among them, wolves from packs the Shepherd had destroyed years ago.Farrah organized the surrender. Rian tended to the wounded. Lyssa, the former spy, helped identify the Shepherd's loyalists.And I walked through the aftermath, searching for something I couldn't nam
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