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t of blood and fear. In the distance, I saw two figures-a ma

alled out, my v

pack of fierce wolves closed in, their snarls echoing in the ni

ing out, but the scene

mage of my parents burned into my mind. They didn't

, I confronted m

amming my hand on the table. "My pa

down her teacup. Grandpa avoided my

avy with emotion. "You're just a boy. A nor

fight monsters in the forest? Do they have dre

pleading. "Ethan, please. Don't dig in

ration. I stormed out of the h

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I overheard their

away," Grandma said

replied. "It'l

argued. "Mia's presence is accelerating everyt

e a punch to the gut. They wanted to

t let tha

s arrival had changed everything. And whatever

an's

It wasn't the comforting kind, the one that greeted you

rden. But there was no reply. My heart thudded as I checked the rooms one by

was

ts sat, avoiding my gaze. Grandma's knitting needle

I demanded, my

r aside. "Ethan, we had no choice. W

at I was hearing. "You sent h

ndma said softly, but he

ng up inside me. "For you? For her? Because

"Her presence was... triggering things in y

fists clenching. "What exac

ched for Grandma's hand, their silence

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at wouldn't heal. I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. The house felt e

space, needing air. But instead

hing grew ragged, my heart pounding as though it wanted to break free from my chest. My

n it ha

s, my body twisting and convulsing. My skin burned, my muscles stre

er, I wasn't h

ht. I could feel the strength in my limbs, the raw power coursin

t any wolf.

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y grandparents were wai

said, my voice a low growl

ance, and then Gran

n't you

trying to protect you, Ethan. You don't

e understand

Your parents... they were banished from their pack years ago for defying the council. We told you the

My whole life h

?" I asked, m

r powers," Grandma said. "We

My thoughts were on Mia, out the

, the finality in my

randpa began, bu

Mia. And if my parents are still a

t the door, their prot

ld feeling both smaller and larger than it ever had before. For the first ti

g to stop until I