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Chapter 73— She Turns
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2026-06-28 05:45:12
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Kael called on the second night.His voice came through the satellite phone Riven had insisted on, slightly compressed by distance but unmistakably his. Sera sat on the edge of the bed in the dark with the bond warm and present and listened to him describe the meeting with Dren's Alpha."His name is Orin," Kael said. "Older. Lost one of his sons to the curse manifestation eight years ago. The other left the pack last year and hasn't been back."Sera pressed her palm against her chest. "How did he receive you?""With suspicion. Then with questions." A pause. "He had been told the curse was Dravon's failure to manage. That we knew about it for years and chose political positioning over resolution.""Caden's version.""Caden's version. Delivered through enough intermediaries that it arrived without his name on it." His voice was even but she felt through the bond what it had cost him to sit across from a man whose son was dead and hear that version spoken back to him. "I told him the tru
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Kael left before dawn.Sera stood at the gate and watched the vehicle disappear into the dark tree line with Riven at the wheel and two enforcers following. She held the bond steady in her chest as she had learned to hold it when distance pulled at it, warm and present but directional now, pulling north toward where Kael was moving.He had kissed her forehead before he got in.One hand cupping her jaw. Silver eyes on her face in the dark with that thorough attention that memorized her, always memorizing her when they were about to be separated."Three days," he had said."Three days," she had agreed.She watched the lights disappear and stood at the open gate for a moment longer than she needed to. Then she turned and went back inside.The castle felt different without him.Not empty. The pack was here, the bond was here, Edda and Maren and Damien were all here. But there was a specific quality of the air that changed when Kael was absent from it, as if the territory itself registered
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The delegation was barely through the gate when Kael turned to Riven."The tracker," he said. "East corridor. How long did she linger.""Four seconds." Riven's voice was measured. "Her eyes stopped at the turn toward the east wing. She didn't pursue it.""She didn't need to pursue it. Four seconds
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