Chapter 262

AURORA

The roar of fire and stinging smell of smoke brought me abruptly awake.

Dane was up, tugging into his boots with speed and urgency.

“Stay here,” he said without looking round, the line of his mouth precluding further discussion of this.

I was hot on his heels in a matter of seconds, the chill of the night air biting through my thin robe.

The village square was ablaze with chaos as flames engulfed the western communal hall.

Wolves darted in every direction, some carrying buckets of water while others herded frightened pups and elders to safety.

Dane’s voice rose above the din, sharp and commanding.

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

I saw Piper and Warrick near the edge of the mayhem, directing a group of younger wolves to safety.

Piper’s voice was firm but calm, her hand to the shoulder of a shaking boy.

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Warrick, for once, seemed to follow her lead, without any trace of his usual banter.

“Keep moving!” Piper yelled, wheeling to Warrick. “We’ll come back to help once they’re safe.”

Warrick nodded, his face grim. “If they don’t hurry up, I’ll carry them all myself.”

Despite the urgency, their teamwork was smooth, and it brought a flicker of pride amid the chaos.

I edged closer to the flames, my heart pounding as I scanned the

area.

Trajan appeared beside me, his expression grim.

“Have you seen Rowan?” I asked, my voice tight.

Trajan shook his head. “Not yet. But if he’s anywhere near this, we’ll find him.”

A movement near the edge of the fire caught my eye.

My breath hitched as I saw Rowan standing there, his face. streaked with soot and his hands smeared with ash.

“Rowan!” I called out, moving toward him.

He froze, his eyes wide as if he had been caught doing something.

he shouldn’t.

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“Aurora,” he said, his voice hoarse. “I

“What are you doing here?” I asked, the tone sharper than I intended.

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Rowan glanced into the flames before looking back into my face. “I.. I was trying to help.”

word ‘help‘, and unease roiled in

have been with the others, escorting

Rowan exclaimed quickly, defensiveness

did?”

spoke volumes

background, water hissing where it hit

the point further that

it weird,” I thought,

measured with false sincerity.

Rowan’s always in the wrong place at the

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thought “This isn’t the

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clenched at his sides.

this.”

prove it,” I said, my voice low

here until we can sort this

scaring my skin as

community center was little. more than a blackened shell, the air

the final few flickers died, I saw

embers.

in, grasped the object; my fingers

a small broken

during the restoration old

the grove.

at the stress, trying to work

me, frowning. “What

for him to

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should’ve

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at the broken piece of my old pendant,

settled heavily in my palm, as

crouched beside me, his hand firm on my

is this here?” he

racing alternatives and each one

pendant shouldn’t have been

found; it had shattered into fragments too

it here?” Dane’s tone was low but with an

of suspicion in his eyes mirroring my own. “It’s possible. But why? To what

he could respond. His face

damage is extensive. We’re just

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rose, his face setting into a determined

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out who did this. No one leaves

have some answers.”

paused, his eyes falling to the fragment in my hand.

my voice steady despite the turmoil within

piece of something that

knit, but he didn’t push the issue. He turned

Dane.

was meant to be a distraction, we can’t afford

knows to report anything

reminder of all that we had presumed

wreckage left in the aftermath of

with that beam, Warrick,”

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