Chapter 25

Adelaide’s POV

I returned to my courtyard and immediately penned a letter, dispatching a former Frostfang guard–shifted and under cover

Warscar Training Camp by night.

The southern border battle gnawed at me like a splinter.

Scattered clues hinted at something amiss, but I’d keep conjectures buried until hard evidence surfaced.

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My maternal grandfather, Alpha Zander, and my two uncles had been stationed at the border for years. Last winter, they deployed

with wolf warriors to aid the Southern Tribe’s war effort. When the Western Tribe retaliated, Bloodmoon lacked the warriors to

hold the line.

Ulrik and Velda had gone to reinforce them, but what exactly transpired on the battlefield?

For the following month, I sealed Frostfang’s borders.

I appointed suitable individuals as Beta, Gamma, and wolf guard captain–all loyal Frostfang members.

The new Beta, now returned from retirement, had served Frostfang before the new Beta took over.

His silver–flecked temples were a stark reminder of his experience.

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That night, after a run along the border and a soak in the tub, I emerged to find Beata entering with a letter.

a message for you,”

unfurled in my palm, searing pain erupted–wolf claws bursting

deciphering the script, my wolf erupted in a soul–shattering

from my elongated claws, carving deep trenches into my

wolf’s self–mutilation screamed a

reeking of cedar and violet

massacred an entire surrendered village. Border wolf generals have jointly petitioned in

voice drifted through

and said, “Fetch a bottle of

out. Once alone,

musk exploded in the air, and the note–now scorched

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claws shredded the script, each

and our kingdom have always spared civilians and

Velda have

spoke of “battlefield ruthlessness,” the pieces clicked.

civilian blood

Beata returned with the vodka, I was

pierced the night. I traced the wolf–head engraving on my glass and

“When I return victorious,

victories are built on mountains

suspicions solidified–this

ignited the Western Tribe’s spies into a

elderly and vulnerable members to settle both new and

Bentley, had repelled the Western Tribe’s forces at Bloodscar Border

attack was their way of avenging past defeats and present

I was Ulrik’s

is, if Velda did massacre the village,

Border to avenge

peace treaty with Velda, delineating the border and

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