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

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

script, my wolf erupted in

claws, carving deep

wolf’s self–mutilation screamed

reeking of cedar and

Border wolf generals have jointly

drifted through

my reflection and said, “Fetch a

Heata hurried out. Once alone, I

the air, and the note–now

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the script, each stroke

and our kingdom have always spared civilians and

Velda have broken

spoke of “battlefield ruthlessness,” the pieces clicked. Their

civilian blood

returned with the vodka, I was calm, though the

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

said, “When I return victorious,

built on

suspicions solidified–this war was

entire village, including civilians, has ignited the Western Tribe’s spies into a vengeful

They’ve targeted our elderly and vulnerable members to settle both new

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

their way of avenging past defeats and present

was Ulrik’s

if Velda did massacre the village, the

Border to avenge the innocent civilians, rather than surrender and

with Velda, delineating the border and pledging

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