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Chapter 101: Shadows among the Pack

Author: Mary Ann
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-27 03:57:21

"It's happening once more.."

Those words, spoken by one of the Crescent Moon wolves that broke into the clearing with ragged breathing and wide-eyed terror, sunk my heart.

"What do you mean?"? I insisted, moving forward, flames barely flickering at my hands.

"The shadows," he panted, his voice shaking. "They returned. But this time they are coming from within.

Unsettling happenings within the pack start the chapter: wolves hearing whispers at night, odd markings showing on some, and growing animosity among pack members.

Though Zaia believes Cassandra's curse left behind traces of the shadow magic, the pack starts to turn on one another out of concern over the curse still existing.

"We destroyed the curse," I declared decisively to the assembled wolves. "We must face shadows together though they leave scars."

Old tensions between wolves and rogues reappear as charges of who could be responsible for the increasing gloom fly around.

As mediator, Dax steps in; his leadership suffer
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