The Phoenix Wolf's Awakening
Derek had insisted on that—no history, no ghosts, just future.
Nova stood now in the combat ring, demonstrating a chokehold to her twelve students. Her teaching style was brutal honesty mixed with unexpected gentleness. "Fight angry and you'll die tired," she told them, releasing the practice dummy. "Fight smart and you might not have to fight at all."
Sophie's classroom smelled like herbs and possibility. She taught witch theory not as witchcraft but as understanding—how their traditions worked, why wolves had feared them, how knowledge could bridge what ignorance had burned. Her pregnancy showed now, five months along, and Leon hovered constantly despite her capable independence.
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