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Chapter 6 Behind the Glass Towers img
Chapter 7 Glacier Eyes img
Chapter 8 The Story Beneath the Skin img
Chapter 9 Aftershocks img
Chapter 10 Give In img
Chapter 11 Afterburn img
Chapter 12 Silence and Shifts img
Chapter 13 The Alpha in the Tower img
Chapter 14 Polished Glass and Hidden Fangs img
Chapter 15 A Touch Too Close img
Chapter 16 Alpha Damien img
Chapter 17 Don't Leave Me Again img
Chapter 18 The First Step into His World img
Chapter 19 The Man on the Top Floor img
Chapter 20 Candlelight & Confession img
Chapter 21 A Night of Passion img
Chapter 22 Silver Mornings & Glass Towers img
Chapter 23 A Night to Forget img
Chapter 24 Near Collision img
Chapter 25 Secrets Between the Shelves img
Chapter 26 A Place Just for Them img
Chapter 27 A Scent That Hunts img
Chapter 28 The Ghost of What Was Lost img
Chapter 29 Between the Lines img
Chapter 30 The Scent of Her img
Chapter 31 A Taste of Something Deeper img
Chapter 32 Not What He Expected img
Chapter 33 The Elevator and the Dream img
Chapter 34 The Rift img
Chapter 35 Aurora Dreams of the Past img
Chapter 36 A Quiet Weekend, A Lingering Moment img
Chapter 37 Pull and Denial img
Chapter 38 The Room Paused img
Chapter 39 The Gathering Storm img
Chapter 40 Her Name Was Aurora img
Chapter 41 The Pull Inside Her img
Chapter 42 The Beginning of the Hunt img
Chapter 43 A Glance Across the Glass img
Chapter 44 Her Name, Her Blood img
Chapter 45 The Stirring img
Chapter 46 Beneath the Ashes img
Chapter 47 Fractures in the Mirror img
Chapter 48 Where It All Began img
Chapter 49 The Kiss That Shouldn't Have Happened img
Chapter 50 Take Me Away img
Chapter 51 The Kiss I Couldn't Explain img
Chapter 52 Ashes Beneath My Feet img
Chapter 53 Her Truth, His Storm img
Chapter 54 The Pull That Wouldn't Let Go img
Chapter 55 Pieces and Threads img
Chapter 56 Ivy img
Chapter 57 Bloodlines and Tension img
Chapter 58 Ghosts of Home img
Chapter 59 The Kade Legacy img
Chapter 60 Haunted Touches img
Chapter 61 The Weight of Legacy img
Chapter 62 Unspoken Terms img
Chapter 63 Whispers and Wanderings img
Chapter 64 Shadows in the Blood img
Chapter 65 The Breaking Point img
Chapter 66 The Shadow Crown img
Chapter 67 Playing the Part img
Chapter 68 A Quiet Storm img
Chapter 69 What's Left Behind img
Chapter 70 Return & Restraint img
Chapter 71 Painful Goodbye img
Chapter 72 Departures img
Chapter 73 Golden Threads img
Chapter 74 Tangled Blossoms img
Chapter 75 The Edge of Silence img
Chapter 76 Tension and Tequila img
Chapter 77 Shadows That Stay img
Chapter 78 Blood and Brotherhood img
Chapter 79 A Light in the Blood img
Chapter 80 So He Thought img
Chapter 81 After the Storm img
Chapter 82 Almost There img
Chapter 83 Ash and Smoke img
Chapter 84 A Day for the Light img
Chapter 85 Before the Waves img
Chapter 86 Dreamtide img
Chapter 87 A Twist of Fate img
Chapter 88 Crossroads img
Chapter 89 Echoes and Instincts img
Chapter 90 Fate and Choice img
Chapter 91 Shattered Returns img
Chapter 92 The Pull of Her Pain img
Chapter 93 Threads img
Chapter 94 Tangled Threads img
Chapter 95 Breathing Distance img
Chapter 96 Fractures img
Chapter 97 The Drive img
Chapter 98 Cracks in the Bond img
Chapter 99 Unraveling Threads img
Chapter 100 Coming Home to Grief img
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Chapter 1 Ashes and Arrival

The night Aurora Vale lost her family, the snow smelled like iron.

A blanket of silence had draped over Crescent Hollow, her small hometown nestled deep in the woods-too quiet, even for winter.

She had fallen asleep reading in her bed, her fingers tangled in the fabric of her worn sweater, comforted by the scent of cinnamon her mother always added to the fireplace logs.

The first scream shattered everything. She woke with a gasp, heart already thudding in panic. The sound of snarling and crashing glass filled the air outside her room.

Then came her mother's voice.

"Aurora! Get Elias and run!" She didn't make it in time.

Her mother had begun to shift, protecting her younger brother-but the rogues were faster. Bigger. Hungrier.

Aurora saw fur, blood, and snow all blur into one horrific moment. Her father's final roar. Her brother's scream.

And then silence.

She didn't remember how she got away. Only the cold against her feet, the branches scratching her skin, the sob caught in her throat as she ran into the forest and didn't stop.

Nothing except the forest swallowing her whole as she sprinted barefoot through the trees, the wind freezing against her tear-streaked face.

That night carved a permanent scar into her soul. She didn't look back. She never got to say goodbye. She collapsed in the snow far from home, her body trembling, skin burning, her soul ripped apart.

That was when she heard it. A soft voice, deep within her mind.

"Live."

Now, 5 years later, after moving from different towns. She stood at the edge of the city known as Crescent City, with her entire life packed into one old duffel bag and a single suitcase with a broken wheel.

The world here was louder-taller buildings, honking cars, glowing neon signs that didn't flicker with fire, but with electricity and indifference.

She tried to live through it for the past 5 years. But everywhere she settled, she felt unsafe. With no known relatives and no records of her birth parents, the university had offered her a rare late transfer-an escape disguised as a scholarship.

Crescent University would be her new home for now. At least until she could figure out who she was without the weight of ghosts on her back.

Aurora glanced at her reflection in a darkened storefront window as she waited for the campus shuttle.

She barely recognized herself. Her long ash-brown hair hung in soft waves over her shoulders, the ends fraying from weeks without care. Her skin-pale with an undertone of honey-looked even paler under the city's cold lights, but her face still carried a delicate, haunted beauty.

High cheekbones, wide hazel eyes flecked with gold, and a heart-shaped mouth that hadn't smiled in a long time. She was slim, but with the gentle curves of someone who once danced barefoot through flower fields and now flinched at shadows.

She wore an oversized hoodie that swallowed her small frame, black leggings, and scuffed sneakers-clothing that made her look invisible. That was the goal. Invisibility was safety. The shuttle arrived with a hiss of brakes. She boarded in silence, settling into a seat by the window.

As the buildings slid by, she tucked her legs up and wrapped her arms around herself, her gaze vacant.

She hadn't shifted. Not once. It wasn't normal for someone her age. Most werewolves felt the pull of their wolf by sixteen, seventeen at the latest. But she had just turned twenty. And still-nothing. No voice in her head. No ache in her bones during the full moon.

Just silence. A silence that made her feel broken.

They had said she was adopted. The memories of her human parents were warm, though hazy. But her blood-her real blood-remained a mystery. All she knew was that something inside her was... waiting.

Dormitory Hall A came into view, a towering structure lined with creeping ivy and arched windows. It looked more like an ancient boarding school than a university hall. She took a deep breath as she stepped off the shuttle.

The air here was different. Still, but cleaner. Crisp. She could almost smell the pine trees beyond the campus wall, the subtle hum of energy beneath the stone pathways. As if the land itself knew what she was. Or what she might become.

She checked in, received a keycard, and climbed four flights of stairs before unlocking her dorm room. It was small-bare walls, one desk, one bed, a window overlooking the inner courtyard. She dropped her bag and stood in the center, her body frozen by the quiet.

For a moment, she let herself cry. Not loudly. Not violently.

Just a few tears that traced her cheeks like old friends. Her hand pressed over her heart. It still beat. That had to mean something. A new life. A new beginning.

Even if her past still clung like a second skin.

Somewhere in this strange, glowing city, her fate waited.

And it would not be gentle.

            
            

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