Chapter 15 The Easiest Way Out

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• To me, the pack’s library has always felt colder than the rest of the keep. But it is also the place I visit most to find comfort when my heart feels uneasy.
• I walk between tall shelves, fingertips grazing the spines of books older than Frostfang itself. My heart hammers as I scan titles. I shouldn’t be here, at least not for this. But no one ever comes to the library at this hour, and Elder Bren rarely leaves his desk.