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Chapter 8: The First Night
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2026-06-07 21:54:27
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The heavy oak door of the attic room groaned on its rusted iron hinges as the guard shoved it open. The space inside was small, sharp, and biting cold. Situated at the highest peak of the southern tower, the ceiling sloped drastically down to meet walls of bare, uninsulated black stone. A single, narrow slit of a window looked out over the jagged mountain crags, completely devoid of glass to keep out the elements. The howling northern wind blew straight through the opening, carrying with it fine, icy crystals of snow that dusted the floorboards. Alpha Torin stood in the doorway, his massive frame completely blocking out what little warmth and light drifted from the torches in the stairwell. He crossed his thick arms over his broad chest, his jaw set, his golden eyes gleaming with a cold, sharp intensity. He had deliberately followed the guard up the winding staircase. He wanted to witness the exact moment the spoiled Ironwood princess finally broke. He wanted to see her scream, stamp
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The iron gates of the Midnight Packhouse shrieked as they swung open, a harsh, metallic scream that cut through the roaring mountain wind. The transport wagon finally groaned to a halt in the center of a massive stone courtyard. Shadows stretched long and jagged across the snow-dusted ground, cast by the towering, fortress-like structure of the packhouse. Built from rough-hewn black stone and reinforced with heavy timber, it looked less like a home and more like a citadel designed to withstand a century of siege. Inside the dark wagon, Evangeline’s joints had gone stiff. The silver-root poison was a heavy, dull ache in her limbs, making her feel as though her bones were carved from ice. She pulled her heavy white lace veil down, ensuring not a single inch of her skin was visible, and waited. The heavy iron latch of the wagon doors rattled. A blast of sub-zero arctic air rushed in as the doors were thrown wide, making Eva shiver violently beneath her oversized wool dress. "Out," a g
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