Moonbound Vengeance

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ight her future slipped through her fingers

ause habit was all she had left. There was no purpose waiting for her anymo

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soul and makes you forget what

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s her shoulder. She still helped at the greenhouse just beyond the eastern edge of the pack,pluckin

nection to the

"a temporary kindness." They didn't say it any

sed, conversations dimmed. A child's laughter stopped.

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ld've lef

ained on the horizon like she was sear

t sure wh

ies Bloo

raped-out roots in the greenhouse she'd just pl

they had g

rls who mimicked her every word and gest

rket duty, her voice high and sweet.

. That was the rule.

thrived o

r girl giggled. "Maybe she's a cursed

s nearby, always watch

er sto

more than an

s Tor

mes,mostly in secret, in the

spered news of the pack, smiled li

rd. She was training directly under Selene, preparing to

lt staining her every word. "They didn't even le

blame her.

as children, she could out-plan every boy in t

early for "training" or couldn't be seen

ia wanted to

d cry into her shoulder the way they u

e just smiled

's S

spoke to

re

was always something there,regret, maybe. Or memory.

blicly. Their bond had not been made official yet, but every

once trained f

or, she us

o someone else. So

e weight of leadership had crushed what was left

f he thought of her when

maybe he didn't

le D

ught a new ki

reje

of her identi

d eyes and distracted nods. They didn't say it aloud, but she cou

r mother crying so

n her she didn't know

er of R

young wolves prayed for strength before their first shift. The bark

e was n

s pressed to the cool earth,

to the stars. "Even if you won't

ime in a long time, someth

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