Chapter 261

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ALINA

“Pity”

There was something that I liked about Aurora that didn’t waste words on formalities when they might get in the way.

I was on my way to disturb her again the next day she was already in sight when I suddenly heard a sound.

Aurora’s head snapped toward the sound, her body moving instinctively before her mind could catch up.

“What’s happening?” she asked, already stepping away.

I followed, my pulse quickening as a faint orange glow lit up the

horizon.

The flicker of flames danced against the sky, and my mind raced

to make sense of it.

This wasn’t part of any plan. The devised chaos like this only worked when it was controlled.

I soon arrived at the village center, where wolves were by now struggling to put out the fire.

A big sack of hay near one of the store sheds had gone up in

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flame, lashing hungrily with their tongues of fire against the wooden structure.

“Get water!” Dane yelled above the noise of uproar, and his commanding appearance snapped the wolves into action.

In an instant, Aurora was at his side, her voice piercing the noise, sharp with instructions.

“Form a line from the well! Move, move!”

I hung to the edge of the chaos, watching the scene unfold.

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to sow panic among the pack. The perfect kind

were distracted by trying to restrain the fire, and I slipped

were deliberate,

suspiciously so I went to the largest, its darkness deep

damp, smelling

where a stack of old crates

covered in dust.

saw one open with a practiced

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of letters, tucked neatly

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the cracks

handwriting on the topmost

eyes narrowing to fit

“Foolish boy,” I grumbled.

in my pocket, careful

it would

otherwise and I now had what I needed to

re–entered the village square, the fire was smothered, and the wolves, relieved, were

her shoulders down but

our response,”

were tested, and

their heads toward her softer

response.

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Aurora’s eyes caught mine, and half of

again

once more, my steps

her for guidance. It was admirable, in a way. But

determination to protect them, she would never

until it

make

what was left of the murmuring crowd,

this fully,” she promised,

it came about

her, his hand on her shoulder, in

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