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Chapter Thirty-One: The Watcher in the Shadows

Author: Lyanna Rose
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-01 19:24:43
Dawn crept over the Shadow Fang pack lands, pale light filtering through the dense canopy surrounding the training grounds.

Gideon moved through the early morning shadows like a ghost, his footsteps silent against the packed earth. He had spent years perfecting the art of invisibility. Watching without being watched. Listening without being heard.

Today, his attention fixed on the household wing.

He positioned himself near the servants' corridor, where morning staff shuffled past with armloads o
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