Chapter 24: No more uploading
Dawn broke over Blackthorn like a forgiveness Elara wasn't sure she deserved. She stood at the window of what had once been Kael's quarters—now theirs, though it still felt strange to think of it that way. Below, the compound stirred with uneasy life. Wolves who'd spent months following Marlena now didn't know what to do with themselves. They hovered in doorways, clustered in nervous groups, watched the guest quarters where the loyalists had been housed with something like fear. What will she do to us? their eyes seemed to ask. What punishment awaits? Elara didn't have an answer yet. Kael's arms wrapped around her from behind. "You've been standing there for an hour." "Thinking." "About?" "Marlena. The pack. What happens next." She leaned into him. "I told them no punishment. No ret
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