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THRONE OF CLAWS AND FANGS

Chapter 4 Moon Fever

Word Count: 984    |    Released on: 09/07/2025

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t, the thunder of his pulse in his ears, the echo of Kael's voice saying

he forest at dawn, he was soak

t cheer. They stared

ess, his neck and chest bandaged in strips soaked through wi

early crushed his windp

he Trial Grounds, or how many competitors he'd injured. The only

sh

had yanked Aeryn

ound with silver-threaded rope, a magical dampening rune glow

bes leaned over him, her

mouth," she

down his throat-bitter, metallic. T

he ordered

topped. The rage faded.

he Counc

d in gray and masked in iron. Their voices echoe

the heirs of t

atural order. You s

olf. Not a vampi

at the ceilin

know," he

will fi

he ropes were removed, but th

e confined to his tower

adn't

ked thre

answer was the

. Students moved aside in the corridors. Some whispered "hybrid

seemed entirely un

rth day, uninvited, sliding into the seat across fro

ouring dark tea into a silver cu

n't ki

et

hed his t

's collarbone. Where it had once hung loose, it had now embe

t belong to you,"

my bro

act

eyes. "You know s

r." I knew the Council lied when they said he died during training. And I know

purp

mile widen

ed whenever he grew too agitated, a constant, throbbing remin

. Twice. And Aeryn owe

he

charm earlier without a word-an obsidian ring carved with the sigil o

s floated down the halls like fireflies

pped in fresh bandages, his arms scratched and bru

at besi

ou," he whispered. "I di

ct an answer.

for near

ve, the shadows nea

de fl

r whistled past his cheek, emb

ure l

cker's arm-but didn't stop them. They moved like smoke

ed. Grabbed the dagger f

gure f

cut to the arm. Blood dripped onto the runes on the floor-

issed. Turned

eryn sc

slamming them into the

der than him. Eyes

supposed to l

e growled-and stabbed

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r slamm

rcers ru

was wit

en room, the blood, the dagg

ga

s moved to r

hem. "No need. H

hesit

ion. Join House Blood. Or next time, they

ooked a

t rose a

brea

about it,"

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ed into

rned bac

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