Chapter 50

Third Person’s POV

Though Adelaide had long abandoned the idea of seeking a Second Chance, her wolf still growled excitedly in her mind at the sight of Alpha Lance.

“His scent is truly intoxicating. Why don’t we get closer?” her wolf repeatedly urged.

Yet Adelaide remained where she stood.

Lance, standing in the snow, his pupils dilated slightly at the sight of Adelaide before narrowing into vertical slits. “Ready?” he asked.

“Yes,” she replied.

“Come, I’ll show you a place,” Lance said as he mounted his horse.

A bag hung from his saddle, its contents unknown.

Adelaide followed suit, mounting her horse and riding behind him.

They reached a barren hill, its trees long since stripped of leaves, with scant vegetation.

Paths stretched out in all directions, leading to higher elevations.

The wind howled, as if countless ghosts were wailing.

Lance stood on the hill, hands behind his back, gazing at a path to the left. Beside it stood a wordless tombstone.

“The townsfolk of Frostbite erected this for your father, Lance said. “He stood alone against arrows on that path, unyielding

Adelaide’s vision blurred with tears.

her here and had mentally prepared herself, yet

troops here, severing the Dragon Ash Kingdom’s supply line to Frostbite Town. He aimed to fight valiantly, but after successive battles, his men were

informant in Frostbite Town. These are the tales they gathered. Witnesses were so moved that they secretly placed this tombstone here, fearing discovery

from his saddle and handed it to Adelaide. “Go ahead. Pour a drink for your father. Tell

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wiped her tears, took the flask, and led her horse step by step down

the ground,

imagine the scene–no retreat, no strength left, only one path: to hold the enemy’s supply

a

fiercely suppressed. She

on the hill, not

night of the siege, he had already

he believed she was truly an

time, she would match her

thought she would follow the path of

chose to become

her strategy and bravery, she could still support

the Warscar Training Camp, her face forever adorned

only saw

of her family had

understand why

her

she chosen to

was full of pride, yet now she couldn’t even

had

Had Ulrik wronged her?

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