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CHAPTER 19

Author: Zeee Jibrin
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-15 16:37:35

The night wrapped Lucas and Elena with its shadows, walking them through the woods as if the air was thick with tension. He felt a storm inside him: betrayal, anger, and preoccupation. He looked at Elena, who was a few steps behind him, and she kept her eyes down, so fragile-looking, and he could feel fear in her.

Are you coming?" he called over his shoulder, striving to sound resolute even though in his stomach a churn of apprehension was going on.

"Yeah, I'm right behind you," she said, but her tone was hesitant.

The deeper they trudged into the forest, the more Elena's probable distrust wrestled its way to the front of his mind. It was an irritation far more than he liked to admit. The fact that she would even consider Sarah's offer vexed him, like some kind of persistent thorn. Why couldn't she see they were stronger together?

"Caleb, you really think you can help us?" Lucas asked, his eyes flashing to the one who had joined them from the former pack. "You have been with the organ
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