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tress – The H

the low crackling of the fireplace

enched as Elder Malric circled him like a hawk. The rest of the Elders sat

g over a glowing rune carved into his staff.

linch. "We don'

croaked. "Felt the bond. Sm

" another added. "She will

n Goddess was depicted in flowing white, cradling a silver wolf in he

ly. "What if the prophecy was never

d. "You dare question sacred words th

ns my people," Damien snapped, his

in the hal

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g to kill her

ed, his eyes milky. "But yo

aid noth

word, the door slamming behind him as the El

ng – Hol

hair hung in damp waves around her shoulders, the dirt slowly washing off. Her skin bore new bruise

bo

nt, humming through her vei

ed to life like fire licking up her

hate

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bloodlines that had

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all of heat and gravity. She kept her eyes on her reflection in the basin's wat

leeding,"

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ocket. He dabbed the cut with water, then wra

need yo

he said,

eyes

me...

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and shaken, es

pulled back, his body

muttered, more to himself

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w. "You're stronger than mos

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et him h

or a b

at I expected,

she said, voice shak

mitted. "The bond. The pull. But it's... it

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en said. "

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what had been e

ere been

ned. "O

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despite herself. "

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stone bench and sat, curl

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calling me here. For years. In my dreams. In my

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the forest. Someth

forward.

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dden. Protected. But there are markings

, heart pounding.

ather died trying to uncover their

we're both children

uckle. "Looks like fate

this time, the weight betwee

as t

recog

to show you something. But

er eyes. "That

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reached out and pl

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for

for

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s – Edge of Bl

de in s

path in the woods. Damien sat behind her, guiding the reins, his body

stood like ancient sentinels, half-buried in moss and cracked by time. Symb

the horse, her

nd placed a hand agai

n her shou

e, soft, silvery, and hu

under his breath. "That'

r been her

ned to him

es... they'

odded. "

ins. The air thickened with power. Her wolf s

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