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Chapter 36: A Promise to the Witch

Author: Rosie Alcoph
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-18 18:40:52

TOBIAS

I still remembered the day we met her.

The witch.

Her name was Morgana Blackthorne, and she was unlike any other.

Morgana Blackthorne was feared by many, but she was no monster. No twisted, evil creature waiting to cause harm. There were whispers about her, of course—talk of curses, dark spells, and prices too steep to pay. Some said she could call upon shadows themselves, that she could see the future in the embers of a dying fire. Others claimed she was immortal, an ancient being who had walked the earth long before the first packs had even formed.

But when she stepped into our lives, she did not bring death or destruction. Instead, she offered something else entirely.

I had been young then, but I still remembered the way she moved—like the wind, silent and certain. Her cloak was black as night, blending with the darkness that surrounded her. Her eyes, a piercing silver, seemed to glow even without the presence of the moon. She was tall and graceful, with an air of mystery th
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