Chapter 43
Eun-Ae The pearl pulsed hot in my chest. My tails thrashed, aching for the strike, for the moment to end this cursed shadow once and for all. But Bool-He laughed. Even with Gon’s fangs buried in his throat and blood matting his fur, he laughed—a jagged, rattling cackle that sent chills down every spine in the courtyard. “You think killing me saves you?” His voice cracked like a storm through broken branches. Black saliva dripped from his jaws. “Strike me down, fox, and you’ll prove every tale true. A beast. A monster. A heart-eater wearing silk.” My claws trembled. For a heartbeat, the air itself weighed heavy. Every soldier, every wolf, even Dae’s breath caught—waiting to see if I would falter. I saw his aura: rotted, twisted, a smear of shadow across the world. But behind it I saw t
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