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Chapter 394 The Open Sky Routine
Baron’s POV
Six peaceful weeks had passed since the Moon Pack had become part of our own.
Life had settled into a rhythm none of us had dared imagine during those long years of hiding.
I stood beside the fire pit, my fur-lined mantle hanging comfortably over one shoulder while the dancing flames reflect the old scars stretched over my chest.
Resting quietly in my hand was the final remnant of a man who no longer existed.
The Witch Doctor’s mask.
The cracked leather was faded now, its black dye worn away by rain, blood, sleepless nights, and endless battles fought al Every stitch carried memories I would never forget.
For five years it had hidden my face from enemies.
For five years it had hidden my heart from my own mate.
It had allowed monsters to fear me.
But it had also forced the people I loved to fear me too.
I looked at it for one final moment.
“The war is over,” I said quietly, my voice disappearing into the wind.
Then I opened my hand.
The mask landed in the center of the burning oak with a dull thud.
Fire devoured it immediately.
Orange flames crawled across the hardened leather, turning black into crimson before consuming my laar hond
Smoke curled upward, carrying away the final ghost of the Witch Doctor until nothing remained
I watched it disappear without regret.
That man had done everything he could to keep his family alive.
But he was no longer needed
From this day forwant, Backing would versed by mereka,
Only broth
The metallic hythm of
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Clink
Clink.
I turned toward the western workshop.
Sean sat on a low cedar bench beside my scout cycle, tongue pressed against the corner of his mouth as he conce absolute seriousness.
A small socket wrench looked almost oversized inside his young hand while he carefully tightened the throttle hous way I had shown him the previous afternoon.
His silver hai
Grease
every direction.
He
pier.
e,” I called. “The bolt should be firm, not forced.”
eased his grip.
wered proudly without looking up. “If I overtighten it, the threads will strip before the engine even starts
across my face.
the bolt one final careful turn before patting the engine proudly.
dit.”
did.”
Pride settled deep inside my chest.
Not because he had repaired a machine.
Because he no longer repaired things out of fear
He repaired them because he enjoyed learning
Across the lawn, Susie ha
She lay curled bene
warrior sat as
His great
tably
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She stopped, folded one arm beneath the other, and laughed.
“You’ve braided that flower crown three different ways already.”
Waylon didn’t even glance up.
“It requires proper engineering.”
Ruby raised an eyebrow.
“For flowers?”
“They need st
She laugh
“You’re
Way
her head.”
with complete seriousness.
braid, he’d approve the craftsmanship.”
d, smiling as she walked toward them.
ngest Alpha in the northern territories.”
huckle rolled through the courtyard.
still kept me.”
someone has to supervise you.”
yful banter drifted across the clearing while Susie continued steeping peacefully, completarije v
the center of yet another family argument.
ed back slightly and simply watched,
in tinkering with engines,
Waylon pretending flower crowns required military approval
Ruby pretending she wasn’t secretly imprised
tate POV
stood then in the middle
thi
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The calculations unfolded with flawless precision.
There was no illness.
No injury.
No hidden poison.
Only life.
A tiny new heartbeat had
oven itself into the rhythm of mine.
My breath caught.
A child.
Our child.
This baby
A sin
neath an open sky, inside a home that finally belonged to us.
could stop it.
on stood beside the fire pit, the ashes of his old mask drifting into the mountain wine
ked for perhaps the first time since I’d known him, his amber eyes calm as he watched le while Susie slept peacefully against Waylon’s knee.
what little strength remained in my legs.
eepy voice drifted across the courtyard as she blinked awake beneath due crown al dueños ach other over.
ed through my tears.
coming, sweetheart.”
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