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rustling leaves and snapping twigs beneath her boots. The air was thick wi

ch of moonshade petals, their pale glow like spilled starlight on the fores

her breath. Shado

die." But this wasn't about her. It was about saving Lyla, the Alp

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tepped into

shadow, his bare chest marked by an old

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toward her with quiet, terrifying control. "

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eanor changed. His jaw tightened. His fists c

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afraid to get closer. "You

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is back was turned. His fists we

moonshade petals clenched in her

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trees, "She's alive. Moon