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Chapter 52: Elder Marcus and his sharp tone

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last update Last Updated: 2025-01-08 00:01:05

Orion’s pov

I stepped out of the training center with Kael. Sweat streaked my brow from the fight, but I felt something in the air. It wasn’t pack energy—this was different, denser. Like thunderclouds on the horizon.

Kael stayed silent at my side as we moved past clusters of our packmates, their heads bent close together. Their low murmurs weren’t soft enough to keep from my own heightened senses.

"...from Shadowclaw, can you believe it?”

“She’s been lying to everyone.”

"What's the alpha going to do about it?"

I felt my jaw clench at the implications of what Evelyn had told me yesterday was travelling this fast.

Kael glanced at me, his eyes narrowing in concern. “Did you hear that?”

My lips moved as if to respond, but my mind spun with thoughts. I knew Hazel was connected to some Shadowclaw, but this? How did the whole pack know? Evelyn was a mastermind, true enough, but I didn’t think she would have let the cat out of the bag—would she?

“Orion?” Kael’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
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