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Chapter 25 – Vanessa's POV

The fire inside me hadn't gone out. It crackled in my chest, not the kind that burned skin, but the kind that made every heartbeat louder, every breath feel like it mattered. For the first time in a long time, I thought maybe I was finally free. Maybe I had won.

The courtyard, once filled with snarling wolves and tension so thick it could snap bones, was now eerily quiet. The full moon hung high, casting a pale glow over everything. The scent of blood still clung to the air, but so did something else—hope. Faint, almost unnoticeable, but it was there.

Some wolves had already begun to leave. Some bowed their heads respectfully as they passed me. Others just stared, not with fear, but with something closer to awe or maybe confusion. And some didn't know how to look at me at all.

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