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.

message

in my palm, searing pain erupted–wolf claws

the script, my wolf erupted

claws,

wolf’s self–mutilation screamed

of cedar and

massacred an entire surrendered village. Border wolf generals have

voice drifted through the fog, “What’s

my reflection and

hurried out. Once alone,

note–now scorched at

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claws shredded the script, each stroke disintegrating into dust

and our kingdom have always

have

when he spoke of “battlefield ruthlessness,”

civilian blood

vodka, I was calm, though

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

I return

are built on mountains

suspicions solidified–this

village, including civilians, has ignited

elderly and vulnerable members to

the Western Tribe’s forces at Bloodscar Border

their way of avenging past

I was

is, if Velda did massacre the village,

the Bloodscar Border to

delineating the border

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