The Outcast's Rejection
Thick and metallic, coating the cool night air.
Shouts echoed from the woods beyond the training grounds, and I saw movement-wolves, shifting between their human and beast forms, their eyes glowing in the dark.
I swallowed hard.
Bloodmoon had its dangers, sure. Rogues occasionally tested the borders. But this? This wasn't normal.
I crept forward, my hands gripping the bat tighter.
That's when I saw him.
A warrior. One of Ronan's father's men.
He was slumped against a tree, his chest heaving, claw marks raking across his torso. His breaths were ragged, shallow. Blood pooled beneath him.
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