Scent of Defiance

MAEVIA

Tuck's vehicle stopped in front of the Drakos stronghold just before midnight.

The road outside the gates had grown quiet by that hour. Only the patrol wolves moved through the territory, their presence faint against the wind that moved through the trees.

Dante stepped out first and opened the door for me.

"This is where we part for tonight," Tuck said from the driver's seat.

"Yes."

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