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Chapter 42: After the Divide

Author: Elarafaith
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-08 05:54:42

The pack didn't recover from the split. It absorbed it. Slowly. Painfully.

Morning came without unity. The compound still stood. Patrols still moved. Orders were still given. But the structure beneath it had changed.

Spaces once filled now sat empty. Training formations no longer aligned properly. Voices carried differently through the grounds.

Every absence was noticeable.

Elara stood near the upper terrace, watching wolves cross the compound below. So
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