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CHAPTER 97: A nerve-wracking revelation

Author: Zoë Grace
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-13 05:13:42

NARAH'S POV

“What do you mean by that?” Hendrix asked, his voice calm but edged with something darker.

“Only silver wolves can use the Moon Jade. I thought everyone knew that?”

“Everyone? That's in the old times,” Hendrix sneered, his gaze hardening as he leaned closer to Ophelia. His fingers dug into her arms, a subtle but firm grip that made my stomach turn. “Isn’t your mate supposed to have access to the Jade? Isn’t the Jade supposed to make me powerful enough to wipe out an entire city?”

His eyes turned completely dark as he spoke. His voice became awfully sinister, sending nothing but dread through me. Looking at Ophelia, the terror in her eyes and the quivering of her lips and the way her body flinched beneath his touch, I could tell he had that same effect on her.

It was terrifying to watch this man who she was to marry inflict physical pain on her, and he wasn't aware that he was hurting her.

Did the Moon Jade really have that kind of power, though? To annihilate entire citi
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