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161 From Whisper to War

Author: Sia Sage
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Xavier ****

A wind colder than winter sliced through the trees, carrying with it the scent of ancient soil… and blood too old to name.

Every wolf instinct in me screamed—Run. But my feet refused to move.

The earth trembled beneath us—alive, aware… listening.

And then, from the darkness between the trees, he emerged.

Massive. Not just in size—but in presence.

The very air bent around him.

Cael.

He wasn’t like any wolf I’d ever seen—not even in the oldest memory-visions whispered by the elders.

His fur shimmered with obsidian and silver, like lightning trapped in shadow.

And his eyes… God, his eyes. burned gold. Not the kind of gold that promised warmth or hope—no.

They were molten. Merciless. Like a dying sun collapsing in on itself.

Time held its breath.

The wind blew.

Even the trees leaned away from him, as though nature itself remembered the monster it once entombed.

Henry moved first—just a step.

No flinch. No fear. Just a steady gaze.

And in that gaze… something unexpected
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