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Chapter 71: Pride and the Predator
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2026-07-02 10:03:21
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ANWEN'S POVI found myself lying on the forest floor, the cold earth pressed against my back and the scent of moss lingering in the air.For several heartbeats, I had no idea how I had gotten there. My mind was shrouded in fog, as though I had been asleep for a very long time. I lay still, listening to the whisper of leaves overhead and the distant song of birds.Then my memories returned in fragments.Fenric—lost to the full moon's spell, chains broken, wild. Myself, claimed against the oak tree.The last thing I remembered was succumbing to exhaustion as Fenric knotted me, his warm release spilling endlessly inside me.Slowly, I pushed myself upright."Fenric?" My voice drifted through the trees.No answer.I frowned. Had he abandoned me here after everything that had happened?Unlikely.Fenric could be insufferable, but he didn't strike me as someone capable of leaving me alone—even when I pushed him away, let alone in the middle of the woods.I rose to my feet, brushing the dirt f
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