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Chapter Fifty Five

Author: Richiegirl
last update publish date: 2026-05-21 02:16:35

Xander

He felt her at the edge of the northern human territories.

Not clearly with the precision of close proximity. More like the sense of a signal through significant interference, the bond is present but attenuated, carrying distance in its texture the way a voice carries distance when heard through walls.

Alive and moving. Frightened in a managed, functional way, the specific fear of someone who was scared and had decided to be competent about it.

He stood at the territory boundary marker,
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