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2025-02-21 22:00:53POV: Mira
The Compound was chaos.
Smoke curled into the sky, blotting out the moon’s silver light. Shouts echoed off the stone walls, mingling with the howls of wolves and the frantic cries of humans caught in the crossfire. The bond thudded in my chest like a drumbeat, its pulsing rhythm an unsettling mix of emotions—fear, rage, despair—that I couldn’t entirely claim as my own. Every step I took carried the weight of something larger than me, a constant reminder that I wasn’t here just for myself.
The failed attack had sparked this nightmare.
Jace’s plan—one I hadn’t been privy to until it was too late—had been a gamble. A strike against the wolves’ eastern supply depot, meant to cripple their hold on the region. But the wolves had been ready, as if they’d seen it coming. The rebels were routed, scattered, and the retaliation came swiftly and mercilessly.
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